| Expletive and Referential Subject Pronouns in Medieval French Contributor(s): Zimmermann, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110373378 ISBN-13: 9783110373370 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $184.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Historical & Comparative - Foreign Language Study | French - Literary Criticism | European - French |
| Dewey: 445 |
| LCCN: 2013557610 |
| Series: Linguistische Arbeiten |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.19 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is an empirical study on the expression of subject pronouns in Medieval French, usually analyzed as a null subject language. In light of the frequent expression of expletives, i.e. subject pronouns in impersonal constructions, as well as of referentials, it is argued that rather than from a null subject property, the non-expression of subject pronouns generally follows from conditions pertaining to left-peripheral focalization. |
