@article {9437, title = {The Greek forms in -ontas: a study in {\textquoteright}converbiality{\textquoteright}, temporality and aspectuality}, journal = {Glossologia}, volume = {17}, year = {2006}, pages = {51-64}, abstract = {

This article argues that the forms in -ontas, labeled participles\ or gerunds in the literature are in reality verbal\ adverbs or converbs. This hypothesis is tested on the basis of the cross- linguistic criteria proposed in Ηaspelmath \& Κ{\"o}nig (eds., 1995). Special emphasis is placed on finiteness, which creates problems for these forms if defined in terms of agreement and tense/aspect specification. Ιt is shown that the forms are specified for both aspect\ and relative tense, but it is argued that this does not prevent them from being non-finite; on a scale of finiteness they would in fact be placed at a rather low point both within Greek and cross-linguisticalΙy\ and this not only allows them to be categorized as converbs, given that they meet aΙl the other criteria, but places them among the prototypical exponents of the category.\ 

}, url = {http://glossologia.phil.uoa.gr/sites/default/files/Moser.pdf}, author = {Amalia Moser} }