Semejante is such an adjective. Its values in Modern Spanish

Abstract

This paper focuses on the grammatical description of the adjective semejante in Modern Spanish; this is to show their values and uses. As for its position in relation to the noun, as a qualifying adjective it usually appears in posnominal position and has a restrictive value (caso semejante); as assortative-determinative adjective, it appears –however– in prenominal position (semejante caso). The meaning of ‘big’ (semejante animal), limited in principle to a single country (Honduras), it is possible to register in other varieties in Modern Spanish, especially in the speech of young people. Furthermore, their reclassification as an adverb is identical to that of similar and igual adjectives. This conversion, apparently new in Modern Spanish, is recorded in Old Spanish.