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THE INFINITIVE PHRASE - A CONTROVERSY WITH STYLISTIC VALUE
THE INFINITIVE PHRASE - A CONTROVERSY WITH STYLISTIC VALUE

Author(s): Elena Boștenaru
Subject(s): Language studies, Morphology, Syntax, Lexis
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: infinitive; controversy; predication; change; phrase;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to point out the controversies risen with regard to the infinitive. Although a wide number of theoreticians claim that it lacks predication, we attempt to demonstrate that the predication exists and that the infinitive can be considered predicate when a lexical subject emerges or when its regents are the verbs „to be” or „to have”, with whom it establishes a subordination relation, mediated through a relative. Moreover, it's imperative character provides the text with a stylistic value that is more prominent than the one generated by the subjunctive.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 349-355
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian