Topic, Antitopic and Verb Agreement in Non-Standard French
Author:   Knud Lambrecht
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   II:6
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9789027225269


Pages:   113
Publication Date:   01 January 1981
Format:   Paperback
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Topic, Antitopic and Verb Agreement in Non-Standard French


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The author describes and explains the syntactic and pragmatic properties of the nominal and pronominal elements in sentences of the types Ces Romains ils sont fous and Ils sont fous, ces Romains, which, in spite of their frequent occurrence, have so far received little attention among linguists and grammarians. He argues that far from having the marginal status of a linguistic anomaly, the cooccurrence in the same clause of coreferential nouns and pronouns is one formal manifestation of an important functional principle in modern French: the encoding of a topic-comment relationship in the surface structure of the sentence. The pronouns in sentences such as the ones mentioned are interpreted as agreement markers. The syntactic and semantic differences between topics and anti-topics are analyzed.

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Author:   Knud Lambrecht
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   II:6
Weight:   0.230kg
ISBN:  

9789027225269


ISBN 10:   9027225265
Pages:   113
Publication Date:   01 January 1981
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgements; 2. 0. Introduction; 3. 1. The Standard/Non-Standard Distinction in Modern French: Theoretical Implications; 4. 2. Clitic pronouns as Agreement Markers; 5. 2.1. Properties of Clitic Pronouns in Standard French and in Non-Standard French; 6. 2.2. Summary; 7. 2.3. Clitic Pronouns and the Verb; 8. 3. Verb Agreement in Non-Standard French; 9. 3.0. Introduction; 10. 3.1. Topic Agreement; 11. 3.2. Antitopic Agreement; 12. Notes; 13. References

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