ABSTRACT
This study has concentrated on the development ofreflexes OfTENERE + past participle in Spanish and Portuguese. But similar constructions exist in some other Romance languages - notably the dialects of northwest Spain, Catalan, and some dialects ofItalian. While it is beyond the scope of this study to look at these in detail, an outline will be given, before going on to an overview of the development of TENERE + past participle in Romance.
