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Eriksson, Olof – Journal of Linguistics, 1979
Examines the use of the neuter form in predicate adjectives, drawing examples from Swedish and French, and working within the framework of nexus constructions. (AM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, French, Grammar, Idioms

Radford, Andrew – Journal of Linguistics, 1978
All modern Romance languages except Rumanian have a class of causative + infinitive construction in which the infinitive subject surfaces as an agentive. This article investigates the question of how agentivization of the infinitive subject is to be handled in these languages. (DS)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Italian, Language Patterns