The present indicative in Spanish and the cognitive perspective: subjectification and dominions of control

Abstract

The article analyzes the present indicative in Spanish (the HABLO paradigm) from the perspective of dominions of control and the degree of subjectification that can be attributed to its different uses. Working with Langacker's dynamic evolutionary model (1991), we conclude that it is possible to establish the central value of this paradigm on the basis of the concept of dominion of perceptive control.

Keywords

• cognitive linguistics
• present indicative
• subjectification
• epistemic dominion
• dominion of effective control
• dynamic evolutionary model