The nominalized infinitive in French : structure and change

Many European languages have both nominal and verbal nominalized infinitives. They differ, however, in the degree to which the nominalized infinitives possess nominal and verbal properties. In this paper, nominalized infinitives in French are analyzed. It is shown that, whereas Old French was like o...

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Main Author: Petra Sleeman
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade do Porto 2010-01-01
Series:Linguística
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Online Access:http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/8979.pdf