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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452505703321

Autore

Troberg Michelle

Titolo

Change of object expression in the history of French [[electronic resource]] : verbs of helping and hindering / / by Michelle Troberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, Neb., : Cambridge Scholars Pub., c2013

ISBN

1-4438-5011-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages)

Disciplina

448.007

Soggetti

French language - Study and teaching

French language

Language and languages

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive case study of a systematic shift in object expression provides valuable insight into the construal of certain two-place activity verbs in the history of French and how a change in the prepositional system can have dramatic effects on the way their object is realised.