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Müller, Lukas ORCID: 0000-0003-1648-7100 (2024). Tenho cantado and venho cantando in Brazilian Portuguese. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 17 (2). pp. 313-340. Berlin: De Gruyter. ISSN 2199-3386

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Abstract

We investigate the well studied Pretérito Perfeito Composto (tenho cantado) and the rather under-studied vir + gerúndio periphrasis (venho cantando) in Brazilian Portuguese based on the working hypothesis that they represent functionally highly similar but competing constructions. Aiming at identifying linguistic factors that impact the choice between them, the theoretical and corpus-based analysis discovers a diverging treatment of the underlying eventuality’s potential to be continued after the speech time, as well as a contrary preference concerning morphological number of involved arguments. Within a broader research context, this contributes new evidence concerning the current status of the Pretérito Perfeito Composto in Brazilian Portuguese. While it has been argued that it tends be displaced more and more by the Simple Past, the present study reveals that the vir + gerúndio periphrasis is another emerging competitor.

Item Type:	Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Müller, Lukas UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1648-7100 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-799024
Identification Number:	10.1515/shll-2024-2013
Journal or Publication Title:	Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics
Volume:	17
Number:	2
Page Range:	pp. 313-340
Date:	6 September 2024
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Place of Publication:	Berlin
ISSN:	2199-3386
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 5: Moderne Sprachen und Kulturen > Romanisches Seminar
Subjects:	Language, Linguistics Romance languages French
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/79902