Sobre el valor de la alternancia /í/-/á/ en los adverbios de lugar del español

Resumen

This paper presents some aspects concerning the meaning of the Spanish pairs aquí-acá and allí-allá. The author's main thesis is that the semantic opposition between the forms ending in /-í/ and those which end in /-á/ is based on the correlation of relativity. Acá and allá would refer to a place considered in relation to another; they involve the notion of comparison or opposition between two places. Aquí and allí would refer to a place viewed in itself. The author reviews the rules framed by grammarians and lexicographers in order to explain the difference between these adverbs. He supports the rule stated in 1789 by José López de la Huerta in his work Examen de la posibilidad de fixar la significación de los sinónimos de la lengua castellana.