<Venir + gerundio> del español, <venire + gerundio> del italiano y otras perífrasis verbales

Abstract

The aim of this work is to characterize the Spanish verbal periphrasis and the Italian from the point of view of both grammatical and lexical aspect, or Aktionsart. We will develop this characterization in the context of other verbal gerund periphrases with a motion auxiliary in both languages, namely: , and . These periphrases show the same kind of aspectual and actional behavior. Regarding lexical aspect, we will develop a description of the periphrases in actional features. We will show that is closer to than to its formal equivalent , despite the same origin of the auxiliary.

Keywords

• verbal periphrases
• grammatical aspect
• lexical aspect
• Italian-Spanish contrast.