El gerundio en español y la forma -ing en inglés: sus valores de nexo y consecuencia como recursos de cohesión textual.

This research seeks to account for the density of use of the gerundio 'no perifrástico' ('non periphrastic' gerund) and the -ing form by Spanish and English users in order to determine their functionality as a resource for textual cohesion. The aim is to explore descriptively and through contrast (Valenzuela, 2002) the semantic values of consequence and the link (Lenz, 1925; Nesfield, 1956; Gili Gaya, 1961; RAE, 1973; Hernández, 1984; Quirk y otros, 1989; Biber et al., 1999; Fernández, 1999; Huddleston & Pullum, 2002; Miller, 2002; Wardhaugh, 2003; Dontcheva- Navratilova, 2005; RAE y ASALE, 2009) in authentic texts in interaction, in order to demonstrate its cohesive role in the textual construction (Halliday & Hasan, 1976; Hartmann, 1980; Bolinguer; 1990; Halliday & Hasan, 1990; Holland & Lewis, 1996; De Beaugrande & Dressler, 1997; Biber & otros, 2002; Miller, 2002; Carter & McCarthy, 2006). The samples correspond to a probabilistic selection of texts from the written press. The analysis relies on, first, the identification of these non-personal forms and, then, on their description considering their meanings of link and consequence through conjunctive cohesive resources. The results showed that the users of Spanish and English, although in different degree, use these forms as linking resources. These forms become additive or consequence conjunctions that connect propositions bringing meanings depending on their relationship with the independent clause or with a different one. These hybrid forms conform a functional element that explicitly joins ideas and is, at the same time, an element that carries meaning, but without the syntactic freedom that lexical classes enjoy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]