La perifrasi andare a _piu_ infinito nell'italiano contemporaneo

The article deals with a verbal periphrasis of contemporary Italian formed with the verb andare a + infinitive. From a typological point of view, static or dynamic locational verbs frequently take part to periphrases: The more common grammatical function derived by the motion verb “go” is that of Ingressive or Future. On the basis of 175 occurrences of contemporary written and oral Italian, the periphrasis is investigated: The construction is analyzed according to the scalar parameters currently referred to for establishing the degree of grammaticalization of a verb form (e.g. semantic non compositionality and decategorialization). Furthermore, its specific semantic value is examined: The periphrasis appears to be compatible with the four major actional verb classes, but its value changes according to the intrinsic Aktionsart of the lexical verb.