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Valente expresive ale gerunziului românesc
Expressive values of Romanian Gerund

Author(s): Alina-Paula Nemţuţ
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii Petru Maior
Keywords: stylistic value; attributive Gerund; associative Gerund; coordination; poetic licence

Summary/Abstract: As nonfinite verbal form, the Romanian Gerund creates a wide range of stylistic devices, expressing actions in progress and thus making things, objects and persons more dynamic. The aim of this article is to present some expressive values of the Gerund as they occur in Romanian poetry and prose.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 101-108
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian
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