Phraseological units within a historical corpus of the Spanish language

Abstract

This article aims the description of phraseological units within a historical corpus of the Spanish language. This corresponds to a sample of testimonies from the compilation of oral literature carried out in Chile by Dr. Rodolfo Lenz, cultural and linguistic heritage that is still practically unexplored. The work consisted in the description and categorization of such phraseological units according to a personal proposal. Among the most relevant results of this search, is the finding of lexical units not attested in lexicographic sources or historical corpus of Spanish, and the registry of others that could be considered the antecedent of phraseological units that survive to the present time With the results of this work we seek to contribute to the better knowledge of the Spanish language in Chile, as well as to confirm the applicability of our classification proposal for complex lexical units.