Impersonals and other agent defocusing constructions in French /:

This book investigates French impersonals as a functional category. Any structure whose agent is defocused and whose predicate describes a situation stable enough to be generally available should be considered impersonal. In addition to il impersonals, the category also includes demonstrative (ce/ç...

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1. Verfasser: Achard, Michel, 1959-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]
Schriftenreihe:Human cognitive processing ; v. 50.
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Zusammenfassung:This book investigates French impersonals as a functional category. Any structure whose agent is defocused and whose predicate describes a situation stable enough to be generally available should be considered impersonal. In addition to il impersonals, the category also includes demonstrative (ce/ça), middle (se), and indefinite (on) structures. These different forms belong to the same functional category because they systematically code general and predictable events that cannot be imputed to a specific cause. Because generality and predictability are gradual notio.
Beschreibung:1 online resource.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027269072
9027269076
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