Overview

This volume offers an alternative, sign-oriented analysis of the distribution of the French Indicative and Subjunctive. It rejects both government and functions, attributed to both moods, and shows that the distribution of the Indicative and the Subjunctive is motivated by their invariant meanings. The volume illustrates the close interaction between the Indicative and the Subjunctive, as linguistic signs, and signs of other grammatical systems, contextually associated with the invariant meanings of both moods. Special consideration is given to the use of the Indicative and the Subjunctive in texts of different styles and genres.This volume also deals with the diachronic disfavoring of the Subjunctive and especially of the Imperfect Subjunctive that occurred from Old French to Contemporary French. It is argued that this disfavoring was motivated by the narrowing of the invariant meaning of the Contemporary French Subjunctive. All hypotheses are supported by contextualized examples and frequency counts.

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Author:   Igor Dreer (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   59
Weight:   0.695kg
ISBN:  

9789027215680

ISBN 10:   9027215685
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 September 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Dedication; 2. Acknowledgements; 3. List of tables; 4. List of figures; 5. Preface; 6. Part 1. The problem of French mood; 7. 1. Sentence-oriented approaches; 8. 2. Sign-oriented approaches; 9. Part 2. Columbia School theory; 10. 3. The basic principles; 11. 4. Hypothesis; 12. Part 3. Micro-level analysis; 13. 5. Occurrence System and the encoder's commitment; 14. 6. Occurrence System and subjective comment; 15. 7. Occurrence System and negation; 16. Part 4. Macro-level analysis; 17. 8. From sign to text approach; 18. 9. From text to sign approach; 19. Part 5. The subjunctive moods: Diachronic analysis; 20. 10. Previous explanations for the use of the Subjunctive forms and for their disfavoring; 21. 11. The analysis of the general disfavoring of the Subjunctive; 22. 12. The analysis of the disfavoring of the Imperfect Subjunctive; 23. 13. The Subjunctive moods in Old French: Micro-level analysis; 24. 14. The Subjunctive moods in Old French: Macro-level analysis; 25. 15. The Subjunctive moods in contemporary French: Micro-level analysis; 26. 16. The Subjunctive moods in contemporary French: Macro-level analysis; 27. Concluding remarks; 28. List of references; 29. Name index; 30. Subject index

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