Taxis Relations in Phrases with Participial and Gerundial Constructions in French
This paper is dedicated to the description of temporal relations between verbal forms in phrases in which the main action is expressed by a personal form of the verb and the accompanying action – by a participial or gerundial construction. Gerundial constructions function as adverbial modifiers, while participial constructions may function as attributes or adverbial modifiers. Analysis of the taxis meanings of simultaneity and anteriority expressed by gerundial and participial forms is proposed.