176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
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.
