Impersonals and other agent defocusing constructions in French /

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This book investigates French impersonals as a functional category. Any structure whose agent is defocused and whose predicate describes a situation stable enough to be generally available should be considered impersonal. In addition to il impersonals, the category also includes demonstrative (ce/ç...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Achard, Michel, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]
Colección:Human cognitive processing ; v. 50.
Temas:
French language > Pronoun.
French language > Subjectless constructions.
French language > Semantics.
Cognitive grammar.
Français (Langue) > Pronom.
Français (Langue) > Impersonnels.
Français (Langue) > Sémantique.
Grammaire cognitive.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > French.
Cognitive grammar
French language > Pronoun
French language > Semantics
French language > Subjectless constructions
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book investigates French impersonals as a functional category. Any structure whose agent is defocused and whose predicate describes a situation stable enough to be generally available should be considered impersonal. In addition to il impersonals, the category also includes demonstrative (ce/ça), middle (se), and indefinite (on) structures. These different forms belong to the same functional category because they systematically code general and predictable events that cannot be imputed to a specific cause. Because generality and predictability are gradual notio.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027269072
9027269076
9027246661
9789027246660

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