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Ponctuation et fonctions linguistiques (Punctuation and Linguistic Functions).
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Perrot, Jean – Langue Francaise, 1980
Presents a functional description of punctuation as a delimiter of words, sentences, and paragraphs, and as a semantic and extralinguistic indicator. (AM)
Descriptors: Grammar, Punctuation, Semantics, Sentence Structure
Remarques sur la perspective semantique (theme, propos, etc.) [Observations on Semantic Perspective (Subject, Predicate, etc.)].
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Cornulier, Benoit de – Langue Francaise, 1979
Analyzes the distribution of information in so-called "synonymous" sentences in the context of a semantic perspective. (AM)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Pragmatics, Semantics
La triple fonction de la ponctuation dans la phrase: syntaxique, communicative et semantique (The Triple Function of Punctuation in the Sentence: Syntactic, Communicative, and Semantic).
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Vedenina, L. G. – Langue Francaise, 1980
Demonstrates the role of punctuation in relation to the syntax, communicative value, and semantics of the French sentence. (AM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, French, Grammar, Punctuation
Rhetorique et grammaire: petite histoire du circonstanciel (Rhetoric and Grammar: A Brief History of the Circumstantial).
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Chervel, Andre – Langue Francaise, 1979
Provides a history of the development of the theory of the "circumstantial" in grammar, presents its chief concepts, and discusses its implications for a theory of semantics. (AM)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Phrase Structure
Analyse grammaticale et analyse logique: esquisse de la naissance d'un dispositif scolaire (Grammatical Analysis and Logical Analysis: An Outline of the Birth of an Educational Device).
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Chevalier, Jean-Claude – Langue Francaise, 1979
Traces the development of French "grammatical analysis" and "logical analysis," from the 16th century concept of syntax, to 19th century pedagogy. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Sentence Structure
La notion de "phrase" dans la grammaire (The Notion of "Sentence" in Grammar).
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Marchello-Nizia, Christiane – Langue Francaise, 1979
Examines the traditionally prestigious status of the sentence in grammatical analysis, and traces the history of the word "phrase" as a part of French grammatical language. (AM)
Descriptors: Definitions, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Linguistic Theory
Economisons-nous: a propos d'une classe de formes reflexives metonymiques en francais (Let's Economize: Concerning a Class of Metonymic Reflexive Forms in French).
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Zribi-Hertz, Anne – Langue Francaise, 1978
Analyzes "possessive" reflexives in French, within the framework of a generative grammar approach. A list of examples is appended. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Semantics, Sentence Structure
La negation et l'orientation de la demande de confirmation (Negation and the Orientation of the Request for a Positive Response).
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Borillo, Andre – Langue Francaise, 1979
Examines the structure of negation in questions in French, in particular the interrogative form containing a negative but expecting a positive response. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Negative Forms (Language), Sentence Structure
Les adverbes et la modalisation de l'assertion (Adverbs and the Modalisation of Assertion)
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Borillo, Andree – Langue Francaise, 1976
The aim of this article is to show the interaction between syntax and semantics. A question-answer environment, where the answer is composed of an adverbial, is used to demonstrate the interaction. (Text is in French.) (TL)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Discourse Analysis, Form Classes (Languages), French
Reflexions sur la reference (Reflections on Reference)
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Milner, Jean-Claude – Langue Francaise, 1976
Discusses the referential meanings of nouns within discourse with emphasis on their anaphoric role from one phrase to another. (Text is in French.) (TL)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, French, Grammar
A propos du traitement des contraintes semantiques (On the Treatment of Semantic Constraints)
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Carter, Richard – Langue Francaise, 1976
The nature of the system of linguistic entities of a natural language is examined. The purpose is to define the relation between "le lexique" and an overall linguistic theory, the relation between form and meaning. (Text is in French.) (TL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, French, Grammar, Linguistic Theory
L'ellipse comme facteur de coherence (Ellipsis as a Coherence Factor).
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Cherchi, Lucien – Langue Francaise, 1978
Proposes a reexamination of the ellipsis within the framework of discourse grammar, as opposed to a grammar of sentence structure. (AM)
Descriptors: Coherence, Deep Structure, Discourse Analysis, French
Introduction aux problemes de la coherence des textes (An Introduction to Problems of Text Coherence).
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Charolles, Michel – Langue Francaise, 1978
Examines teacher response to learner errors in composition, and proposes rules for coherent writing. (AM)
Descriptors: Coherence, Educational Research, Error Analysis (Language), French