%0 Journal Article
%T «Oda quiere dezir ffin e acabaminto de las cosas». The origin and the evolution of the expression «quiere decir» ‘it means’ in Spanish
%A Zieliński, Andrzej
%J Romanica Cracoviensia
%V Volume 24 (2024)
%R 10.4467/20843917RC.24.007.19716
%N Volume 24, Issue 1
%P 69-79
%K lexicalization, verbal periphrasis, grammaticalization, explicative expression
%@ 1732-8705
%D 2024
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/romanica-cracoviensia/article/oda-quiere-dezir-ffin-e-acabaminto-de-las-cosas-el-origen-y-la-evolucion-de-la-expresion-quiere-decir-en-espanol
%X The objective of the paper is to analyze the origin and the evolution of the explanatory value of the construction <querer ‘want’ + infinitive>, documented in Castilian texts from the Middle Ages. Through a relatively large corpus of Latin texts (5th–12th centuries) and Spanish texts (13th–15th centuries), the Author explores the main linguistic and discursive reasons that determined its use in the Spanish language.