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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783882403321

Autore

Scida Emily <1969-, >

Titolo

The inflected infinitive in romance languages / / Emily Scida

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-87606-1

1-135-87607-X

1-280-28152-9

9786610281527

0-203-48876-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Collana

Outstanding dissertations in linguistics

Disciplina

440/.04556

Soggetti

Romance languages - Infinitive

Romance languages - Inflection

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-161) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Dedications; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. The Syntactic Distribution of the Inflected Infinitive; 3. Previous Accounts of the Distribution of the Inflect Infinitive; 4. Theories of the Origin of the Portuguese Inflected Infinitive; 5. The Imperfect Subjunctive in Latin; 6. Distribution of the Inflected Infinitive in the Romance Languages; 7. Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.