The form Lo in three grammatical contexts

Abstract

The dual nature of lo as both an article and a pronoun, its neutral gender and its etymological origin make it difficult to classify when followed by adjective phrases, prepositional phrases and subordinate clauses introduced by que. This paper seeks to establish the syntactic contexts in which lo is used and what its semantic contribution to such contexts is, select and apply the various analytical tools proposed in the bibliography for the treatment of lo in the above-mentioned syntactic structures, and propose solutions for the problems that arise in the analysis of lo in said contexts. This paper concludes that due to its referential and syntactic properties, lo must be classified as a pronoun.