Infinitival complements in a corpus of Classical Portuguese

Authors

  • Miguel Magalhães Centro de Linguística da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (CLUNL)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln2ano2016a15

Keywords:

inflected infinitive, classic Portuguese, infinitival complementation, diachrony, syntax

Abstract

This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of inflected infinitve in Classic Portuguese. In works such as Martins (2006) and Fiéis & Madeira (2014) we have observed that the distribution of inflected infinitives changed from Old to Modern Portuguese. Based on a corpus from an archive located in Braga district, with notarial texts from the XVII century (1650-1700), we will describe the use of inflected infinitives in infinitival complementation in this period, showing the conditions that allowed its widening to other contexts in Modern Portuguese.

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Published

2016-10-31

How to Cite

Magalhães, M. (2016). Infinitival complements in a corpus of Classical Portuguese . Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association, (2), 339–350. https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln2ano2016a15