In Spanish, when nominal and clausal accusative objects follow verbs, there are always two possible realizations: with or without a differential object marking (DOM) – finite or infinite. The study describes in detail the semantics of these structures and explains the formal opposition based on the principle of complexity iconization. Corpus and experimental data support the theoretical approach.
Jakob Egetenmeyer
Transitivität Ikonizität Semantik finiter und infiniter Objektsatz Differentielle Objektmarkierung Differential Object Marking Finite and Infinite Complement Clause Semantics Transitivity Cognitive Linguistics Iconicity Complexity