Revue semestrielle de linguistique et littératures romanes

Écho des études romanes 2006, 2(1):15-31 | DOI: 10.32725/eer.2006.002

Sul rapporto tra la struttura del predicato e il grado di dinamismo comunicativo del verbo predicativoItalian

Eva KLÍMOVÁ
Università di Opava

On the relationship between the predicate structure and the degree of communicative dynamism of the predicative verb

The aim of the article is to observe the Italian and the English finite verb form from the functional sentence perspective (FSP) point of view, more precisely to observe the degree of . (CD) of the finite verb form in dependence on the structure of the predicate. In FSP the finite verb form represents several communicative units. One is constituted by its categorial exponents: person, number (PNE), tense, mood (TME). The other is constituted by its notional component. The PNE refers to the subject and thus participates on the theme. The TME performs the function of transition proper and the notional component of the finite verb form may perform the function of transition or rheme. We follow the notional component of the verbs functioning as copula (Italian essere, avere, parere, sembrare, diventare and English be, have, seem, appear, become, turn), the phase verbs (the Italian cominciare, continuare, smettere and the English begin, continue, stop), and the notional component of full verbs. Thus the function of the notional component of the verb within an analytical predicate is distinguished from that of the verb within a synthetic predicate. The notional component of the Italian derived verbs in the synthetic predicate (Impallidì.) carries higher degree of CD than the notional component of the English verbs of the analytical predicate (She turned pale.) the former performing the function of rheme, the later the function of transition.

Keywords: finite verb; predicate; functional sentence perspective (FSP); English; Italian; communicative dynamism

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KLÍMOVÁ, E. (2006). Sul rapporto tra la struttura del predicato e il grado di dinamismo comunicativo del verbo predicativo. Écho des études romanes, 2(1), 15-31. doi: 10.32725/eer.2006.002
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