Constructions in French /
My concern is the relationships between grammar and expressivity which have always remained represented a minority, if not a marginal, interest in linguistics. The paper deals with the construction 'P, histoire de inf.' (Prends quelques jours de repos, histoire de te changer les idées ...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English French |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2012
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| Series: | Constructional approaches to language.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | My concern is the relationships between grammar and expressivity which have always remained represented a minority, if not a marginal, interest in linguistics. The paper deals with the construction 'P, histoire de inf.' (Prends quelques jours de repos, histoire de te changer les idées 'take a few days' rest, just to have a break from everything'). It is shown, from a diachronic perspective, that the construction expresses an attitudinal meaning, the speaker's stance. The paper argues that, although expressivity and attitude meaning have usually been relegated to a secondary role. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 287 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027273307 9027273308 9027204357 9789027204356 1283895234 9781283895231 |
| Language: | English. |
