The Pragmatics of Left Detachment in Spoken Standard French
Author | : Betsy K. Barnes |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1985-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789027225450 |
ISBN-13 | : 9027225451 |
Rating | : 4/5 (451 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Pragmatics of Left Detachment in Spoken Standard French written by Betsy K. Barnes and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Left detachment constructions (LDs) (e.g. "un buffet de campagne, c est un meuble") are examined in a corpus of informal spontaneous conversation between educated native speakers of French. The overwhelming majority of these constructions are shown to have a clearly pragmatic motivation. The author s observations support a view of LD in French as a particular type of paratactic structure which should be seen primarily as a feature of unplanned discourse. The analysis partly builds on views expressed by Knud Lambrecht in an earlier contribution tot this series.