The Inflected Infinitive in Romance Languages

ISBN-13: 9781138878334 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 176 str.

Emily E. Scida

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Biographical Sketch Dedication Acknowledgments I. Introduction II. The Syntactic Distribution of the Inflected Infinitive III. Previous Accounts of the Distribution of the Inflected Infinitive IV. Theories of the Origin of the Portuguese Inflected Infinitive V. The Imperfect Subjunctive in Latin VI. Distribution of the Inflected Infinitive in the Romance Languages VII. Conclusion Bibliography Index

O autorze

Emily E. Scida is currently Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics at the University of Virginia, where she is also Director of the Spanish and Italian language programs.