1. Projection in Spanish Jorge Arús Hita
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
PolySystemic Roundtable on Projection:
Multilingual Studies on Quoting and Reporting
7 December, 2015

2. About Spanish
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3. About Spanish
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4. About Spanish
Native speakers: 450 million ; Speakers of Spanish as a second language: 100 million
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5. Main features of Spanish
Inflectional language
Number agreement
Las camisas verdes / La camisa verde (‘The green shirt(s)’)
Gender agreement
La camisa (f.) negra / El vestido (m.) negro (‘the black shirt/dress’)
Subject / Verb agreement (examples for everything)
El niño jueg-a / Los niños jueg-an (‘the kid/kids play’)

6. Metafunctional characteristics of Spanish
Traditionally seen as a free-syntax language
[Subject:]Pedro [Ver:]está jugando [Complement:]al fútbol [Circumstance:]con los chicos
(‘Peter is playing soccer with the kids’)
[Complement:]A Pedro le [Verb:] gusta [Subject:] jugar al fútbol con los chicos
(‘Peter likes playing soccer with the kids’ [lit. To Peter likes playing soccer with the kids’)

7. A metafunctional view reveals more things
Pedro
está jugando
al fútbol
con los chicos
Actor
Process
Range
Circumstance
Subject
Finite + Predicator
Adjunct
Theme
Rheme
Peter
is playing
soccer
with the kids
Actor
Process
Range
Circumstance
Subject
Finite + Predicator
Complement
Adjunct
Theme
Rheme

8. A metafunctional view reveals more things
A Pedro le
gusta
jugar al fútbol con los chicos
Senser
Process
Phenomenon
Adjunct
Finite + Pred
Subject
Theme
Rheme
Peter
likes
playing soccer with the kids
Senser
Process
Phenomenon
Subject
Finite + Pred
Complement
Theme
Rheme

9. Metafunctional profile of projection in Spanish

10. Metafunctional profile of projection in Spanish

11. Logical projection in the environment of clause complexes: locution

12. Logical projection in the environment of clause complexes: locution

13. Logical projection in the environment of clause complexes: idea

14. Logical projection in the environment of clause complexes: idea

15. Finite^Subject in projected MOOD

16. Projection in the environment of intricate clause complexes

17. Projection in the environment of intricate clause complexes

18. Behavioural process pressed to serve verbally

19. Experiential projection in the environment of the clause

20. Experiential projection in the environment of the clause

21. Experiential projection in the environment of the clause

22. Experiential projection in the environment of the clause

23. Experiential projection in the environment of the group

24. Experiential projection in the environment of the group

25. Interpersonal projection in the environment of the clause

26. Interpersonal projection in the environment of the group

27. Miscellaneous

28. Miscellaneous

29. Projection at the level of discourse

30. Projection in Spanish Muchas gracias / 多謝 Jorge Arús Hita
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
PolySystemic Roundtable on Projection:
Multilingual Studies on Quoting and Reporting
7 December, 2015