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Constructions in French / edited by Myriam Bouveret, Dominique Legallois

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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.
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1 online resource (vi, 287 pages).
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Bouveret, Myriam and Legallois, Dominique
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Contents
Constructions in French -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Cognitive linguistics and the notion of construction in French studies -- 1. Cognitive and enunciative approaches -- 1.1 The Guillaumian school -- 1.2 Theory of enunciative operations -- 1.3 Applicative and cognitive grammar -- 2. The notion of construction -- 2.1 From Bally to Pottier -- 2.2 Construction in the structuralist framework -- 2.3 A psychomechanical account of construction -- 2.4 Macro-syntax -- 3. Conclusion -- 4. This volume -- References -- Part I. Verbal constructions -- Verb typology -- 1. Towards a macro-typology of French verbs -- 1.1 Heuristics -- 1.2 Clusters of constructions -- 1.3 Syntactic hierarchy and coercion phenomena -- 2. The three basic complementation types and their impact on the verbal lexicon -- 2.1 Macro-constructions -- 2.2 Semantic hierarchy of syntactic structures: que-clause> inf> NP -- 3. The three lexical micro-systems -- 3.1 The semantic relation of 'transformation' -- 3.2 Three lexical systems -- 4. Verb typology and polysemy -- 4.1 Typology of meaning extensions -- 4.2 Polysemic regularities -- References -- Appendix -- Is there a SE FAIRE V-er passive construction? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Disagreement on the passive SE FAIRE V-er: an overview of the literature -- 3. Arguments in favor of a "monoconstructional" account of SE FAIRE V-er -- 4. Evidence towards SE FAIRE V-er as a "passive meaning"-bearing unit -- 5. A "microsense" account -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Être une/Faire partie de -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A double constraint -- 2.1 NP1 and the question of plurality -- 2.2 The dependent relationship between NP0 and NP1 -- 3. Coercion, profiling, idiomatic phrases -- 3.1 Coercion phenomena -- 3.2 Profiling variation -- 3.3 Idiomatic phrases -- 4. Conclusion: Return to dependency and autonomy., Part III. Semantics, pragmatics and constructions -- The impersonal value of demonstrative and middle constructions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cognitive Grammar -- 2.1 Clause structure: Transitive clause -- 2.2 Agent defocusing -- 2.3 Impersonals -- 2.4 Constructions -- 3. Ça constructions as setting subject constructions -- 3.1 Ça and forward reference -- 3.2 Ça as a setting subject -- 4. Generality -- 4.1 Ça impersonals in the copular complement construction -- 4.2 The impersonal value of middle constructions -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- "C 'est de la bombe!" -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Research context -- 3. The copular subject-predicate construction: c 'est une belle voiture -- 4. The CCDN construction: Ça, c 'est de la voiture! -- 5. The CDN construction: C 'est de la bombe! -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Le prix est (de) 15 euros -- 0. Introduction -- 1. [NP_Cop_de_Q NP]: properties of its constituents -- 1.1 The subject -- 1.2 The (semantic) predicate -- 1.3 The copula -- 2. A specificational construction? -- 2.1 Convergences between [NP_Cop_de_Q NP] and [NP_Cop_Q NP]: Two specificational copular clauses? -- 2.2 Divergence: Non-specificational features of [NP_Cop_de_Q NP] -- 2.3 Interim conclusion -- 3. The status of [NP_Cop_de_Q NP] within the taxonomic network of constructions -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- From grammaticalization to expressive constructions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Description -- 2.1 Formal description -- 2.2 Quantitative description -- 2.3 Insignificant processes and weak quantification -- 3. Grammaticalization -- 3.1 A possible scenario -- 3.2 C 'est l 'histoire de rire and extravagance -- 3.3 The specificity of grammaticalization -- 4. A Construction Grammar account for histoire de + inf. -- 4.1 Coercion -- 4.2 Productivity and analogy -- 4.3 Expressivity -- 5. Expressive grammar., and 5.1 The stylistics of Charles Bally -- 5.2 Extended lexical unit -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Index of constructions -- Index.
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.
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9789027273307 (electronic bk.)
9027273308 (electronic bk.)
9027204357 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9789027204356 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9789027204356
1283895234
9781283895231
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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