E-Book, Englisch, Band 127, 235 Seiten
Waltereit Reflexive Marking in the History of French
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-272-7367-3
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, Band 127, 235 Seiten
Reihe: Studies in Language Companion Series
ISBN: 978-90-272-7367-3
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
While French reflexive clitics have been widely studied, other forms of expressing co-reference within the clause have not received much attention. This monograph offers a diachronic study of the wider system of clause-mate co-reference in French, including the stressed pronouns, their suffixed form {soi/lui/elle}-même, and also the intensifier use of the latter. Its empirical backbone is a corpus analysis of the gradual replacement of stressed reflexive soi with the personal pronoun lui/elle from Old to Modern French. Apart from offering insights into the history of the language, this is important for current issues in theoretical linguistics, in particular binding, specificity, and the interaction of grammar and discourse. Within a cognitive-semantic framework, a number of analyses will help elucidate some long-standing puzzles in the study of French reflexives, while contributing to the wider theory of reflexivity and related issues. This book is of interest to the fields of French linguistics, semantics, discourse studies, and historical linguistics.
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Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction: Diachronic change in anaphoric systems
Chapter 2. Anaphora in discourse vs. In grammar
Chapter 3. From reflexive to personal pronoun: The expression of clause-mate coreference in French
Chapter 4. Simple vs. Reinforced reflexives
Chapter 5. Intensifiers in French
Chapter 6. From mention to reference: Explaining language change
Chapter 7. Concluding remarks
References
Appendix
Index
