Abstract
The aim of this paper is to investigate the properties and distribution of the inflected infinitive in different varieties of Portuguese, both from a diachronic and a synchronic perspective. Considering the development of the inflected infinitive from the 12th century up to the present, we argue that there are three types of inflected infinitives in Portuguese, which differ in their degree of finiteness, ranging from a form that exhibits similar characteristics to finite verb forms to a form which behaves like an uninflected infinitive.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Studies on Variation and Change in Varieties of Portuguese. |
| Editors | Pilar Barbosa, Maria da Conceição Paiva, Celeste Rodrigues |
| Place of Publication | Amsterdam/Philadelphia |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Pages | 279-299 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789027258137 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- finiteness
- syntax
- control verbs
- inflected infinitives
- Portuguese
- Diachrony
- synchrony