This book investigates two prominent issues with regard to the
inflected infinitive-the syntactic distribution of the Portuguese
inflected infinitive, and its origin and development from Early
Romance. The syntactic analysis offered here differs from
traditional descriptions of the inflected infinitive in that it
uses a theoretical approach to propose one concise condition which
predicts all possible occurrences of the Portuguese inflected
infinitive within the framework of relational grammar. While the
first section of this book offers a synchronic study of the use of
the inflected infinitive, the second section examines the theories
previously posited to explain its origin and provides additional
evidence from Latin and other Romance languages to support the
proposal that the inflected infinitive was a historical development
rooted in the Latin imperfect subjunctive. This study presents a
detailed comparison of the syntactic environments common to both
the imperfect subjunctive and the inflected infinitive, and
examines the survival of an inflected infinitive in other Romance
varieties as well as the existence of other inflected non-finite
forms in these languages.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics |
Release date: |
April 2015 |
First published: |
2004 |
Authors: |
Emily E. Scida
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
176 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-87833-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
General
|
LSN: |
1-138-87833-2 |
Barcode: |
9781138878334 |
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