Theoretical morphology of the French verb /
This book presents a theoretical analysis of French verb morphology based on the linguistic theory presented in the author's previous book Foundations of Theoretical Phonology. It provides, in the detailed analysis of a natural language, exemplifications and illustrations of the principles pre...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins B.V.,
1979
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| Series: | Linguisticae investigationes. Supplementa ;
v. 1. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Linguistic and philosophical assumptions
- Etymological uniformity of the personal endings
- Tense, aspects and mood morphemes
- Historical change in the personal endings and desinences
- Vocalic alternations
- Consonantal alternations in the present subjunctive
- Development of the thematic vowel of the French infinitive from Latin
- Loss of thematic vowel in the future and present indicative
- Thematic vowel in the perfect of the third conjugation
- Thematic vowel of the past participle in the third conjugation
- Strength operations
- Theoretical nature of morphophonological explanation.
