Sentential Negation in French

Klappentext This is the first full-length study of sentential negation phenomena in French. Paul Rowlett assesses! from a generative perspective! the respective contribution made to the expression of clausal polarity by ne! pas! and elements such as jamais and personne. His conclusions have far-reaching implications! leading to the controversial hypothesis that! despite widespread belief! French is not a negative concord language. Zusammenfassung This is the first full-length study of the phenomenon of sentential negation in French. Paul Rowlett assesses! from a generative perspective! the respective contribution made to the expression of clausal polarity by ne! pas! and elements such as jamais and personne.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Rowlett, Paul (Lecturer in French Language and Lin Rowlett, Rowlett Paul
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1998
• EAN: 9780195119244
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511924-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; French, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology