Constructions in French /

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Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 287 pages)
Language:	English French
Series:	Constructional Approaches to Language Constructional approaches to language.
Subject:	French language -- Syntax. French language -- Coordinate constructions. French language -- Coordinate constructions. French language -- Syntax. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11169318

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Other authors / contributors:	Bouveret, Myriam. Legallois, Dominique.
ISBN:	9789027273307 9027273308 9027204357 9789027204356 9789027204356 1283895234 9781283895231
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English.
Summary:	My concern is the relationships between grammar and expressivity which have always remained represented a minority, if not a marginal, interest in linguistics. The paper deals with the construction 'P, histoire de inf.' (Prends quelques jours de repos, histoire de te changer les idées 'take a few days' rest, just to have a break from everything'). It is shown, from a diachronic perspective, that the construction expresses an attitudinal meaning, the speaker's stance. The paper argues that, although expressivity and attitude meaning have usually been relegated to a secondary role.
Other form:	Print version: Constructions in French. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012

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