Topics in French syntax / / Géraldine Legendre

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910150346403321
• Autore: Legendre Géraldine <1953->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Routledge, 2017
• ISBN: 1-315-46383-0; 1-138-20683-0; 1-315-46385-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Routledge Library Editions: Syntax ; ; Volume 15
• Disciplina: 445
• Soggetti: French language - Syntax
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1984 by Garland Publishing, Inc.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Object raising -- 2. Unaccusative clauses -- 3. Inversion structures -- 4. Impersonal constructions -- 5. Causative unions.
• Sommario/riassunto: The main goal of this study, first published in 1994, is to present a substantial part of the grammar of French. This goal is achieved by bringing together two aspects of syntactic investigation. First, the study focuses on a vast range of French clausal phenomena, including Object Raising constructions, Causative constructions of various types, Impersonal constructions, amongst many others. Second, the investigation is conducted within the framework of Relational Grammar. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.