Buch, Englisch, Band VI:3, 123 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 210 g
Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond
Buch, Englisch, Band VI:3, 123 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 210 g
Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond
ISBN: 978-90-272-2545-0
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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.
