Linguistics 10.1 by Roberta Caddeo
The aim of this paper is to outline the use of the gerund in the regional Italian variety spoken ... more The aim of this paper is to outline the use of the gerund in the regional Italian variety spoken in Cagliari and related hinterland area. Starting from a corpus of spontaneous speech produced in informal colloquial situations, we firstly describe the aspectual values and the actional compatibilities showed by the periphrases “essere ʽbeʼ + gerund”, “rimanere ʽremainʼ + gerund” and “stare ʽstayʼ + gerund”. Then we analyse the semantical and syntactical properties of the gerund depending on perception verbs and in clauses introduced by “c’è presentativo”. The study has provided a first set of results which can reasonably be interpreted as an expression of contact-induced change of Italian by the influence of the local dialect (Campidanese Sardinian).
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Linguistics 10.1 by Roberta Caddeo