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El concepto de perífrasis verbal: su origen y datos historiográficos
The concept of verbal periphrasis: its origin and historiography

Author(s): Andrzej Zieliński
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: periphrasis; analyticity; historiography; rhetoric

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this study is to analyse the evolution of the concept of verbal periphrasis from an old rhetorical figure to the modern and complex grammatical category, which is present in every Romanic Language.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 111-120
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Spanish