Topic, Antitopic and Verb Agreement in Non-Standard French.

Topic, Antitopic and Verb Agreement in Non-Standard French.

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...

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Main Author: Lambrecht, Knud
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1981.
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; 2:6.
Subjects:
French language > Topic and comment.
French language > Sentences.
French language > Variation.
French language > Sentences
French language > Topic and comment
French language > Variation
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Table of Contents:
  • TOPIC, ANTITOPIC AND VERB AGREEMENT IN NON-STANDARD FRENCH; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; 0. INTRODUCTION; 1. THE STANDARD/NON-STANDARD DISTINCTION IN MODERN FRENCH: THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS; 2. CLITIC PRONOUNS AS AGREEMENT MARKERS; 2.1. Properties of clitic pronouns in Standard and in Non-Standard French; 2.2. Summary; 2.3. Clitic pronouns and the verb; 3. VERB AGREEMENT IN NON-STANDARD FRENCH; 3.0. Introduction; 3.1. Topic Agreement; 3.2. Antitopic agreement; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES.

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