Verbal periphrases in Romance : aspect, actionality, and grammaticalization
A detailed synchronic and diachronic examination of the semantics of Romance verbal periphrases, including the range of Romance progressives, as well as Portuguese and Mexican apresent perfects, Catalan analytic past and French "surcomposes".
x, 370 pages ; 24 cm.
9783110161601, 3110161605
39007172