It coexisted with two other constructions: a two-member construction al parecer x, pero en realidad y ('it appears to be x, but in reality is y') with inferential interpretation and with a construction al parecer with physical meaning (es al parecer r贸mbico; 'it looks rhombic'). Our ...
This article studies the function of the verbs seem and parecer with an evidential meaning in early medical writing in a time span of two centuries (1500–1700). The texts for analysis are excerpted from the Corpus of Early Modern English Medical Texts in the case of English and the Corpus...