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Expressing the Same by the Different: The subjunctive vs the indicative in French: 59 (Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics) - Hardcover

Dreer, Igor

 
9789027215680: Expressing the Same by the Different: The subjunctive vs the indicative in French: 59 (Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9027215685 ISBN 13: 9789027215680
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2007

Synopsis

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 texts of different styles and genres.This volume also deals with the diachronic disfavoring of the Subjunctive and especially of the Imperfect Subjunctive that occurred from Old French to Contemporary French. It is argued that this disfavoring was motivated by the narrowing of the invariant meaning of the Contemporary French Subjunctive. All hypotheses are supported by contextualized examples and frequency counts.

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Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9027215685
ISBN 13 
9789027215680
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
302