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1 online resource (xiv, 378 pages) |
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 30 |
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 30.
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Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Problem of lui and le; 2. The System of Degree of Control; 3. Semantic Substance: Exploitations of Degree of Control; 4. Linguistic Value: Lui versus Le; 5. Networks of Oppositions; 6. The Theory of the Sentence and the Traditional Canon; 7. A New Perspective on the Notions ""Pronominalization"" and ""Cliticity""; 8. The Categories of Grammar; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book offers an analysis of the French clitic object pronouns lui and le in the radically functional Columbia school framework, contrasting this framework with sentence-based treatments of case selection. It suggests that features of the sentence such as subject and object relations, normally taken as pretheoretical categories of observation about language, are in fact part of a theory of language which does not withstand empirical testing. It shows that the correct categories are neither those of structural case nor those of lexical case, but rather, semantic ones. Traditionally, anomalie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-370) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
French language -- Pronoun
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- French.
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French language -- Pronoun
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Persoonlijke voornaamwoorden.
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Frans.
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Français (langue) -- Pronoms.
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Français (langue) -- Syntaxe.
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Français (langue) -- Déterminants.
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Français (langue) -- Grammaire.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789027281975 |
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9027281971 |
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