Periphrasis
Verbalperiphrase is a term used in linguistics and refers to the connection of two or, in exceptional cases, longer verb stems, the one and semantic (meaning ) uniform ( non-composite ) form Prädikationseinheit ( statement ). This is at least a verb to auxiliary verb ( auxiliary ) and only has the function of displaying certain grammatical categories such as tense or aspect of the Vollverbs in the periphrasis ( circumlocution of a term ). Many languages - as well as the German - make in the conjugation of a verb both simple and periphrastic form training use. In some languages, certain verbs are easy, others only periphrastically conjugated (see, eg Basque ).
Some scientists call a used as a function as Verbalperiphrase.
Example
In the sentence He got helped. is getting in the other sets its own meaning ( = receive ), has an auxiliary verb, which is used to form the passive voice. The structure grammatikalisierte one recognizes the fact that the otherwise equally significant verb get in this sentence makes no sense. The German Perfect, Future Perfect and pluperfect is periphrastically formed by an otherwise other functions serving root word ( be, have, be ) is used as an auxiliary verb. In a perfect record as he has seen them. will have the existing per se meaning of the verb, namely the display of property, no longer visible.
In Spanish Verbalperiphrasen be used to form the near future and the near past awareness. The verb acabar ( German: quit, cope ), for example in the Verbalperiphrase Acabo de infinitive to the auxiliary verb and indicates that an action has just been completed.