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Left detachment constructions (LDs) (e.g. un buffet de campagne, c'est un meuble) are examined in a corpus of informal spontaneous conversation between educated native speakers of French. The overwhelming majority of these constructions are shown to have a clearly pragmatic motivation. The author's observations support a view of LD in French as a particular type of paratactic structure which should be seen primarily as a feature of unplanned discourse. The analysis partly builds on views expressed by Knud Lambrecht in an earlier contribution tot this series.

French language --- Grammar --- Pragmatics --- Français (Langue) --- Syntax --- Spoken French --- Syntaxe --- Français parlé --- Frans (Gesproken). Syntaxis --- Frans. Woordschikking. --- Frans (Gesproken). Woordschikking. --- Français [Langue]. Ordre des mots. --- Français [Langue]. Syntaxe. --- Français [Langue] parlé. Ordre des mots. --- Français [Langue] parlé. Syntaxe. --- Frans. Syntaxis. --- Syntax. --- Spoken French. --- Francais (langue) --- Francais parle