Die Phrasem-Konstruktion [alles andere als X] und ihre Entsprechungen im Spanischen

Maricel Esteban-Fonollosa; Herbert J. Holzinger

doi:10.54103/milanoup.233

Die Phrasem-Konstruktion [alles andere als X] und ihre Entsprechungen im Spanischen

Authors

Maricel Esteban-Fonollosa

University of Valencia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3535-0513 (unauthenticated)

Herbert J. Holzinger

University of Valencia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9421-4952 (unauthenticated)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54103/milanoup.233.c761

Synopsis

This article, which was developed as part of the research project CONSTRIDIOMS (Mellado Blanco, 2021), consists of two main parts. In the first one, the partially filled construction [alles andere als X] is analysed from a corpus linguistic perspective. Partially filled constructions or Phrasem-Konstruktionen (in the terminology of Dobrovol'skij, 2011) consist of lexically fixed components (alles andere als ‘anything but’), but also contain at least one open slot (X), which can be variably filled. Syntactically, X is predominantly realized as an adjective (alles andere als einfach), significantly less often as a nominal phrase. For this reason, the present study focuses on realizations with adjectives as slot fillers. In this position, primarily positively connoted adjectives occur. The constructional meaning can be described as an intensifying negation of X. In the second part, we explore possible equivalents in Spanish. We identified as such [todo menos ADJ], [cualquier cosa menos ADJ] and [todo lo contrario que ADJ]. These constructions are examined in detail and contrasted with their German counterpart.

Author Biographies

Maricel Esteban-Fonollosa, University of Valencia

is an Assistant Professor (accredited as Associate Professor by ANECA) in German Philology at the University of Valencia (Spain), where she teaches and conducts research at the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication. Her research focuses on phraseology, Construction Grammar, and linguistic creativity, with a strong emphasis on corpus-based and contrastive approaches to German and Spanish. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics, applied and pedagogical research, and language-related digital discourse. She is actively involved in the academic community through international publications, the co-editing of journal issues and volumes, and her regular participation as a speaker at national and international conferences.

Herbert J. Holzinger, University of Valencia

obtained his doctorate in Romance Languages and Linguistics from the University of Salzburg (Austria) in 1984. Since 1985 he has taught and conducted research at the University of Valencia (Spain), wher he has been a Full Professor since 1999 (Profesor Titular de Universidad). His teaching activities include German as a Foreign Language at all levels as well as German grammar and linguistics. His main research interests are German phraseology, contrastive phraseology German–Spanish, German as a Foreign Language, and the use of IT in research and teaching of German. The results of his research are published in national and international conference papers, articles in journals, and book chapters. He retired in October 2023.