Variable Uses of the Direct-Object Marker

Weissenrieder, Maureen

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ERIC Number: EJ407066

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Variable Uses of the Direct-Object Marker "A."

Weissenrieder, Maureen

Hispania, v73 n1 p223-31 Mar 1990

Demonstrates through statistical sampling that variability in the use of the so-called Spanish "personal a" can be explained by the importance of the role that marked nouns have in discourse and applies that notion to a case study from Hispanic literature. (CB)

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Nouns, Phrase Structure, Prepositions, Spanish

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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