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French Dislocation
Cecile (University Of York) de Cat
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Description for French Dislocation
Paperback. Cecile De Cat's account of dislocation in French (as in Le chocolat, c'est bon) throws new light on French syntax and prosody, and makes an important and original contribution to the study of linguistic interfaces. It also provides new insights into the acquisition of French as first language. Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics. Num Pages: 320 pages, Tables, line drawings. BIC Classification: CFG; CFH; CFK; CJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 495.
The pervasive use of dislocations (as in Le chocolat, c'est bon) is a key characteristic of spoken French. This book offers various new and well-motivated insights, based on tests conducted by the author, on the syntactic analysis, prosody, and the interpretation of dislocation in spoken French. It also considers important aspects of the acquisition of dislocation by monolingual children learning different French dialects. The author argues that spoken French is a discourse-configurational language, in which topics are obligatorily dislocated. She develops a syntactically parsimonious account, which maximizes the import of interfaces involved with discourse and prosody. She proposes ... Read more
The pervasive use of dislocations (as in Le chocolat, c'est bon) is a key characteristic of spoken French. This book offers various new and well-motivated insights, based on tests conducted by the author, on the syntactic analysis, prosody, and the interpretation of dislocation in spoken French. It also considers important aspects of the acquisition of dislocation by monolingual children learning different French dialects. The author argues that spoken French is a discourse-configurational language, in which topics are obligatorily dislocated. She develops a syntactically parsimonious account, which maximizes the import of interfaces involved with discourse and prosody. She proposes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199230488
SKU
V9780199230488
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About Cecile (University Of York) de Cat
Cécile De Cat is a senior lecturer in linguistics at the University of Leeds. Her published work includes articles in Lingua, the Journal of French Language Studies, and the International Review of Applied Linguistics.
Reviews for French Dislocation
Review from previous edition A very interesting and well-balanced book. Not only French synchronic linguists and spoken communication linguists, but also psycholinguists, linguists interested in language acquisition and links between thought and language will surely be attracted by this scientific contribution.
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