A few considerations on the predicative infinitive in Romanian and the infinitive in independent sentences in Italian. Cover Image

ALCUNE OSSERVAZIONI SULL’INFINITO PREDICATIVO ROMENO E SULL’INFINITO NELLE FRASI INDIPENDENTI ITALIANE
A few considerations on the predicative infinitive in Romanian and the infinitive in independent sentences in Italian.

Author(s): Silvia Madincea Pascu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: infinitive; imperative; predicative value

Summary/Abstract: Our brief contrastive analysis of the infinitive with predicative value in Italian and Romanian has revealed several similarities, but mostly several differences. On the one hand, in both languages, the infinitive can have predicative function in sentences marked by intonation, with the value of an imperative. On the other hand, only in Italian, the infinitive can have predicative function in declarative, conditional, exclamatory, and dubitative sentences.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 290-296
  • Page Count: 1
  • Language: Italian
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