Substituição do gerúndio pela construção a + infinitivo no Português Europeu (estudo diacrónico)

SUBSTITUTION OF THE GERUND FOR THE CONSTRUCION A + INFINITIVE IN EUROPEAN PORTUGUESE (DIACHRONIC STUDY) The article aims to specify the period in which the gerund in Portuguese has given way to a + infinitive construction in syntactic positions in which the infinitive predominates also in the co...

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Main Author: Jan Hricsina
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2014-12-01
Series:Studia Iberystyczne
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Online Access:https://journals.akademicka.pl/si/article/view/3349
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Summary:SUBSTITUTION OF THE GERUND FOR THE CONSTRUCION A + INFINITIVE IN EUROPEAN PORTUGUESE (DIACHRONIC STUDY) The article aims to specify the period in which the gerund in Portuguese has given way to a + infinitive construction in syntactic positions in which the infinitive predominates also in the contemporary European Portuguese (periphrastic formations estar a + infinitive, ficar a + infinitive, continuar a + infinitive and andar a + infinitive, in semi‑predicative clauses). In this analysis the electronic corpus (www.corpusdoportugues.org) was used. The analysis shows that the period sought must be located in the 19th century (or slightly before), when the infinitive construction starts to appear with greater frequency than in previous centuries.
ISSN:2082-8594
2391-7636