Emma Álvarez-Prendes

De la certeza a la probabilidad: debilitamiento epistémico del adverbio 'seguramente' en la diacronía del español

The diachronic evolution of the adverb seguramente (‘surely’) reveals a shift from its original use as a manner adverb –expressing physical or psychological security– to modal meanings conveying first certainty and later high probability. Drawing on a corpus of more than 2,000 occurrences extracted from CORDE and CREA,...