Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Cet ouvrage est une introduction à la théorie syntaxique basée sur le programme minimaliste, une version récente de la grammaire générative. Il se veut accessible tant aux linguistes débutants qu'à ceux, déjà familiarisés avec la grammaire générative, qui souhaitent mettre leurs connaissances à jour. Les chapitres explorent de manière progressive divers aspects de l'analyse de la phrase comme la structure des constituants, de la phrase déclarative simple, des clauses enchâssées, ainsi que les constructions plus complexes telles les phrases passives, les phrases négatives ou interrogatives. Les notions théoriques sont présentées de façon graduelle, dans un langage clair et accessible. L'accent est mis sur la présentation et l'analyse d'exemples en français, mais dans les cas pertinents, la discussion s'enrichit de comparaisons avec des langues très diverses, comme le hongrois, le gungbe, le japonais ou le basque. Ce livre est un des rares ouvrages sur la théorie générative à être écrit en français ; il vise à combler une lacune dans le vaste domaine des ouvrages introductifs sur la syntaxe. « L'ouvrage est très bien écrit, et l'auteure fait un travail remarquable dans l'explication de concepts complexes dont la maîtrise est primordiale pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent à la recherche en syntaxe minimaliste. Les étudiants bénéficieront de cet excellent exposé de la démarche minimaliste en linguistique. » (Éric Mathieu, Journal of French Language Studies 24.3, 2014)

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Minimalist theory (Linguistics) --- Syntax.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This monograph gives a unified account of the syntactic distribution of subjunctive mood across languages, including Romance, Balkan (South Slavic and Modern Greek), and Hungarian, among others. Starting from a close scrutiny of the environments in which subjunctive mood occurs and of its semantic contribution, we present a feature-based approach which reveals the common properties of the class of verbs which embed subjunctive, and which takes into account the variation in subjunctive-related complementizers. Two main proposals can be highlighted: (i) the lexical semantics of the main clause predicate plays a crucial role in mood selection. More specifically subjunctive mood is regulated by a specific property of the main predicate, the emotive property, which is associated with the external argument of the embedding verb (usually the Subject). The book proposes a nanosyntactic analysis of the internal structure of embedding verbs. (ii) Cross- and intra-linguistic variations are dealt with according to different patterns of lexicalization, i.e., variations depend on what portions of the verb's and complementizer's functional sequence is lexicalized and on how it is packaged by languages. In doing so, this approach provides a uniform account of the phenomenon of embedded subjunctives. The monograph takes a novel, feature-based approach to the question of subjunctive licensing, providing a detailed analysis of the features of the matrix verb, of the complementizer and of the embedded subjunctive clause. It is also based on a wide empirical coverage, ranging from the relatively well-studied groups of Romance and Balkan languages to less explored languages from non-Indo-European families (Hungarian).

Philosophy of language --- Linguistics --- syntaxis --- linguïstiek --- taalfilosofie

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

A book for the studies of temporality and language, in particular regarding syntax and semantics. It investigates tenses, aspect and modality both at the theoretical and at the descriptive levels, involving many different Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages.

Grammar --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Modality (Linguistics) --- Semantics. --- Temps (Linguistique) --- Temporalité (Linguistique) --- Modalité (Linguistique) --- Sémantique --- Syntaxe --- Aspect --- Tense --- Temporal constructions. --- Syntax --- Tense and modality (Linguistics) --- 801.56 --- Syntaxis. Semantiek --- 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Tense and modality (Linguistics). --- Temporalité (Linguistique) --- Modalité (Linguistique) --- Sémantique --- Semantics --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Language and languages --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Temporal constructions (Grammar) --- Temporal constructions --- Grammaire --- Modalité (linguistique) --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Aspect (linguistique) --- Temps (linguistique)