LA SCOMPARSA DELLA FLESSIONE: IL GERUNDIO E IL PARTICIPIO PRESENTE
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF INFLECTION: THE GERUND AND THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE
Author(s): Giancarlo GerliniSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Italian; French; Present participle; gerund; inflections.
Summary/Abstract: The evolution of the French and Italian present participle and gerund can be ascribed to the disappearance of verbal and nominal endings which characterizes romance languages in general. In Italian both the noun and the verb are concerned while in French only the verb is affected.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Philologia
- Issue Year: 55/2010
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 121-126
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Italian
