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Author Dreer, Igor.

Title Expressing the same by the different : the subjunctive vs the indicative in French / Igor Dreer
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 272 pages)
Series Studies in functional and structural linguistics ; 59
Studies in functional and structural linguistics ; 59.
Contents Expressing the Same by the Different; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of tables; List of figures; Preface; 1. Sentence-oriented approaches; 2. Sign-oriented approaches; 3. The basic principles; 4. Hypothesis; 5. Occurrence System and the encoder's commitment; 6. Occurrence System and subjective comment; 7. Occurrence System and negation; 8. "From sign to text" approach; 9. "From text to sign" approach; 10. Previous explanations for the use of the Subjunctive forms and for their disfavoring
Summary This volume offers an alternative, sign-oriented analysis of the distribution of the French Indicative and Subjunctive. It rejects both government and functions, attributed to both moods, and shows that the distribution of the Indicative and the Subjunctive is motivated by their invariant meanings. The volume illustrates the close interaction between the Indicative and the Subjunctive, as linguistic signs, and signs of other grammatical systems, contextually associated with the invariant meanings of both moods. Special consideration is given to the use of the Indicative and the Subjunctive in
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject French language -- Mood
French language -- Subjunctive
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- French.
French language -- Mood
French language -- Subjunctive
Aanvoegende wijs.
Aantonende wijs.
Frans.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789027291905
902729190X
9027215685
9789027215680