TY - JOUR AU - Gärtig-Bressan, Anne-Kathrin PY - 2021/10/14 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Komplexe Zukünftigkeit und ihre Versprachlichung durch Futur II und Perfekt bzw. passato prossimo im Deutschen und Italienischen JF - L'Analisi Linguistica e Letteraria JA - Analisi Linguistica e Letteraria VL - 29 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://www.analisilinguisticaeletteraria.eu/index.php/ojs/article/view/192 SP - AB - <p>&nbsp;</p><p>The article deals with the expression of the complex future time relation through <em>Futur II</em> vs. <em>Perfekt</em> in German, on which the focus is placed, and through <em>futuro anteriore</em> vs. <em>passato prossimo</em> in Italian in a contrastive perspective.</p><p>After contrasting the conditions of use for the different tense forms as described in the reference grammars of both languages, an empirical analysis of the German and Italian translations of 4 English non-fiction books with reference to the future is carried out. The results allow more differentiated statements on the quantitative distribution of the use of <em>Futur II</em> or <em>Perfekt</em> / <em>passato prossimo</em> for the very rare time relation and on a number of factors influencing the choice of tense.</p> ER -