Abstract
This project aims to study the occurrence, in Italian, of a particular type of construction - the paratactic verbal constructions (henceforth, PVCs), which are formed through the junction of two inflected verbs, V1 and V2, as in (1): 1) Da quando era tornata dalla clinica sembrava guarita, prep quando Voltar-Pas.Ind.3sg. de a clínica Parecer-Pas.Ind.3sg. curada, era abbastanza normale, po…