The Pragmatics of Left Detachment in Spoken Standard French |
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Author:
| Barnes, Betsy K. |
Series title: | Pragmatics and Beyond Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-915027-65-1 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1985 |
Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $102.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionLeft 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.