Representation of Cognitive Structures: Syntax and Semantics of French Sentential Complements

✍ Scribed by Michel Achard

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 392
• Series: Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR]; 11
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction: meaning and form
1.1. Semantics, syntax, and linguistic theory
1.2. Cognitive linguistics
1.3. Claims and advantages of the construal approach
1.4. Summary
Chapter 2. Dimensions of construal
2.1. Introduction
2.2. The coding of events: basic elements of clause structure
2.3. Conceptualization of complex clauses
2.4. Construal of French complements
2.5. Summary
Chapter 3. Causation/perception constructions
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Structural solutions
3.3. VOV and W: different construals on the same base
3.4. Main verbs and complement structures
3.5. Discussion and conclusion
Chapter 4. Perspective: modal constructions
4.1. Introduction
4.2. French modals
4.3. The complements of modals
4.4. Discussion and conclusion
Chapter 5. Conceptualizing subject constructions. Finite and infinitival complements
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Main verbs and the meaning of the CSC
5.3. Infinitival and finite complements
5.4. Main verbs and complement structures
5.5. Discussion and conclusion
Chapter 6. Grounding
6.1. Introduction
6.2. The indicative/subjunctive distinction
6.3. Main verbs and complement structures
6.4. Discussion and conclusion
Chapter 7. Impersonal constructions
7.1. Introduction
7.2. The meaning of French impersonals
7.3. The meaning of simple impersonals
7.4. The meaning of complex impersonals
7.5. Complement distribution in impersonal clauses
7.6. Relation between constructions
7.7. Conclusion and discussion
Chapter 8. Concluding remarks
8.1 Recapitulation
8.2 Discussion
Notes
Chapter one
Chapter two
Chapter three
Chapter four
Chapter five
Chapter six
Chapter seven
References
Index