Historia de una excepción perfecta

Abstract

In this study, we carry out a detailed analysis of current grammatical variation phenomena related to the Spanish pretérito perfecto compuesto (present perfect) which we consider to be a major grammaticalization process, as we will show. After having described the unstable sociolinguistic landscape of the present perfect in the Spanish-speaking world from a diachronic and a synchronic perspective, we aim to show its exceptional grammatical features and aspectual representations, analysing the possible deviation trends from the norm that speakers do when using this form.

Keywords

• Spanish
• grammar
• aspect
• tense
• preterite
• variation