03637nam 2200637 450 991045969780332120210421203239.03-11-039430-83-11-036747-510.1515/9783110367478(CKB)3710000000229308(EBL)1713044(SSID)ssj0001433389(PQKBManifestationID)11791199(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001433389(PQKBWorkID)11413607(PQKB)10584310(MiAaPQ)EBC1713044(DE-B1597)428972(OCoLC)890071085(OCoLC)900715732(DE-B1597)9783110367478(Au-PeEL)EBL1713044(CaPaEBR)ebr11013995(CaONFJC)MIL805459(EXLCZ)99371000000022930820150210h20142014 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrExpletive and referential subject pronouns in Medieval French /Michael ZimmermannBerlin, [Germany] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Walter de Gruyter GmbH,2014.©20141 online resource (256 p.)Linguistische Arbeiten,0344-6727 ;Volume 556Description based upon print version of record.3-11-037337-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Acknowledgements --Contents --1. Introduction --2. The development of subject pronouns in Medieval and Classical French --3. Discussion of previous approaches to subject pronouns in Medieval French --4. An alternative approach to subject pronouns in Medieval French --5. Outlook: The general loss of non-expressed subject pronouns in Classical French --References --IndexMedieval French, usually analyzed as a null subject language, differs considerably from modern Romance null subject languages such as Spanish in the availability of non-expressed subject pronouns; specifically, it shows characteristics reminiscent of non-null, rather than null subject languages, such as the expression of expletive subject pronouns. The central goal of this book is to put forward an account of these differences. On the basis of the analysis of an extensive, newly established data corpus, the development of the expression of both expletive and referential subject pronouns until the 17th c. is determined. Following a thorough discussion of previous approaches, an alternative approach is presented which builds on the analysis of Medieval French as a non-null subject language. The non-expression of subject pronouns, licit in specific contexts in non-null subject languages, is shown to be restricted to configurations generally involving left-peripheral focalization. These configurations - and, concomitantly, non-expressed subject pronouns - are finally argued to be eventually lost for good in the wake of the initial observation by 17th c. writers of pertinent instructions campaigned for in highly influential works of language use.Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ;Volume 556.French languageTo 1300PronounElectronic books.French languagePronoun.445ID 2125rvkZimmermann Michael674275MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459697803321Expletive and referential subject pronouns in Medieval French2476700UNINA