EXPRESSING FUTURE IN FRENCH AND ITALIAN: ELEMENTS FOR A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Cover Image

L’EXPRESSION DU FUTUR EN FRANÇAIS ET EN ITALIEN : ÉLÉMENTS POUR UNE ÉTUDE COMPARATIVE
EXPRESSING FUTURE IN FRENCH AND ITALIAN: ELEMENTS FOR A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Author(s): Louis Begioni
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: comparative linguistics of the Romance languages; French linguistics; Italian linguistics; diachrony; synchrony.

Summary/Abstract: Expressing Future in French and Italian: Elements for a Comparative Analysis. In this article, we propose a comparative study between the expression of the future in French and Italian. This is a systemic analysis that shows the differences of the two future values specifying the particular temporal and modal uses and their strong connection with the use of the modal verbs pouvoir and devoir in French, and potere and dovere in Italian.

  • Issue Year: 57/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 9-16
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: French