149083 20260418110656.0 doi 10.1075/rcl.00176.ivo sideral 139943 ART-2025-139943 eng Ivorra Ordines, Pedro Vete a freír cristales. The interplay of convention and innovation in a constructional idiom of rejection in Spanish 2025 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The constructional idiom [IRSE/ANDAR(SE)[imperative] a CLAUSE[infinitive]] (e.g., Vete a freír espárragos, lit. ‘go to fry asparagus’; Iros a tomar viento, lit. ‘go to get wind’) is commonly used in Spanish to convey the speaker’s strong rejection, and is a hallmark of colloquial language. This makes it an excellent candidate for exploring the phenomenon of extravagance, both because of these characteristics and its structure, which includes an empty slot filled with a clause headed by an infinitive. This structural aspect contributes to variability, as its high token frequency also results in high type frequency. The corpus analysis (Sketch Engine) presented in this paper allows us to illustrate the relationship between creativity and intensification, as well as between innovation and convention. Besides, it underscores the gradual nature of creativity, culminating in extravagance, which speakers employ to gain salience and, in turn, amplify the expressiveness and emotional impact of their statements. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 0.6 2024 LINGUISTICS 198 / 306 = 0.647 2024 Q3 T2 0.453 2024 Linguistics and Language 2024 Q1 Developmental and Educational Psychology 2024 Q3 1.3 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion López Meirama, Belén 23, 2 (2025), 596-633 Review of cognitive linguistics Review of cognitive linguistics 1877-9751 548451 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/149083/files/texto_completo.pdf Preprint 1774390 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/149083/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Preprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:149083 articulos driver 2026-04-18-11:05:06 ARTICLE