A Systemic Functional Micro- grammar of River Plate Spanish Clitics GeneSys_IDE Víctor M. Castel CONICET y UNCuyo Mendoza, Argentina

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Figura 5 See sp1See sp1.

Figura 6 See sp2See sp2. See sp3See sp3.

Figura 7 See sp5See sp5. See sp6See sp6. See sp7See sp7.

sp1 sp1 : COREFERENTIALITY (two-role_process) = coref-X-and-Y : SUBJECT-THEME(two-role-process) = {100% agent}, SUBJECT-THEME(three-role-process) = {100% agent}. /* If the same individual performs both the agent and the affected (etc.) roles, then the agent is the subject-theme of the situation. In other words, it must be an active situation. Mutatis mutandis, for three-role processes. */

sp2 sp2 : SUBJECT-THEME( two-role_process) = agent_sth : TYPE(agent) = {75% stated, 25% sought, 0% covert}, GENDER(agent) = {100% nil}, THEMATIC_STATUS(agent) = {100% subject-theme}, THEMATIC_STATUS(affected) = {100% non-subject-theme}. /* Default specification for PERSON, NUMBER AND GENDER properties of the agent participant: PERSON(agent) = {35% performer, 25% addressee, 40% outsider, 0% nil>} NUMBER(agent) = {65% singular, 35% plural, 0% nil>} GENDER(agent) = {45% femenine, 55% non_feminine, 0% nil>} If the agent is the subject-theme of the situation, then person and number properties remain as specified by default. Gender properties are undefined. The thematic status of the agent and the affected are subject-theme and non-subject-theme, respectively. */

sp3 sp3 : SUBJECT-THEME( two-role_process) = affected_sth : TYPE(affected) = {75% stated, 25% sought, 0% covert}, THEMATIC_STATUS(agent) = {100% non-subject-theme}, THEMATIC_STATUS(affected) = {100% subject-theme}. /* Default specification for PERSON, NUMBER AND GENDER properties of the affected participant: PERSON(affected) = {35% performer, 25% addressee, 40% outsider, 0% nil} NUMBER(affected) = {65% singular, 35% plural, 0% nil} GENDER(affected) = {45% femenine, 55% non_feminine, 0% nil} If the affected is the subject-theme of the situation, then person, number and gender properties of the affected remain as specified by default. The thematic status of the agent and the affected are non-subject-theme and subject-theme, respectively. */

sp4 sp4 : ROLE-2 (two-role process) = affected : coref_agent_and_affected  TYPE(affected) = TYPE(agent), PERSON(affected) = PERSON(agent), NUMBER(affected) = NUMBER(agent). non_coref  PERSON (agent) = performer  PERSON(affected) = {0% performer}, PERSON (agent) = addressee  PERSON (affected) = {0% addressee}. /* If ‘coref_agent_and_affected’, then for each property of the Agent prefer identical properties for the Affected. This amounts to assigning 100% to properties of the Affected that have already been assigned to the Agent. If ‘non_coref_af_af’, then if the Agent is the performer, the Affected cannot be the performer. If the Agent is the addressee, then the Affected cannot be the addressee. */

sp5 sp5 : TYPE (agent) = covert : THEMATIC_STATUS(agent) = {100% nil}, PERSON(agent) = {100% nil>}, NUMBER(agent) = {100% nil>}, GENDER(agent) = {100% nil>}. /* If the agent participant is covert, then its thematic status, person, number and gender properties are undefined. */

sp6 sp6 : TYPE (affected) = covert : THEMATIC_STATUS(affected) = {100% nil}, PERSON(affected) = {100% nil>}, NUMBER(affected) = {100% nil>}, GENDER(affected) = {100% nil>}. /* If the affected participant is covert, then person, number and gender properties are undefined. */

sp7 sp7 : PERSON (affected) = performer or addressee : (SUBJECT-THEME (two-role-process) = agent_sth)  GENDER(affected) = {100% nil}. /* Except for passive situations, the performer and the addressee are undefined for GENDER and thus they are realized by the clitics ‘me/nos’ and ‘te/ustedes’, which are unmarked for gender: Te saludo. Me saluda. Te saludás. Me saludás. Te saluda. Me saluda. The verbal endings of the participle are marked for GENDER in passive situations: Fuiste salud ada. Fuiste salud ado. Fui salud ada. Fui salud ado. Fue salud ado. Fue salud ada. */