Abstract
This paper seeks to characterise the evolution of the Portuguese inflected infinitive, by investigating how it emerged in different syntactic environments. We show that it was in the 16th-19th centuries that its distribution underwent significant changes, whereby it gradually spread, not only to the contexts in which it is found nowadays, but also to other contexts from which it is excluded in the standard variety (but not in nonstandard ones). We argue that this may be explained by assuming the existence of two inflected infinitives, one which is characterised by nominal properties and another one which exhibits properties of control.
| Original language | Portuguese |
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| Title of host publication | XXIX Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística |
| Subtitle of host publication | Textos Selecionados 2013 |
| Editors | António Moreno, Fátima Silva, Isabel Falé, Isabel Pereira, João Veloso |
| Place of Publication | Lisboa |
| Publisher | APL - Associação Portuguesa de Linguística |
| Pages | 255-264 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-989-97440-3-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | XXIX Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística - Coimbra, Portugal Duration: 23 Oct 2013 → 25 Oct 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | XXIX Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística |
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| Country/Territory | Portugal |
| City | Coimbra |
| Period | 23/10/13 → 25/10/13 |
Keywords
- Infinitivo flexionado
- Inflected infinitive
- Diacronia
- Português
- Portuguese
- Diachrony