Discusses the problems posed by a semantic analysis of the future tense in French, addressing particularly its double use as a tense and as a mood. The distinction between linear and branching time, or, certainty and possibility, central to this discussion, leads to a comparative analysis of future and conditional. (MES)

Discusses the modalities of "de re" and "de dicto" with reference to Aristotle's system, Barcan's formula, and Kripke's semantics. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Analyzes the argumentational structure of a legal document. (AM)

Presents an example of an analysis of the modals "pouvoir" and "devoir" in view of their representation within the framework of semantic syntax. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Attempts to disprove the logic of the legal text. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Studies the modalities "to believe" and "to know" within the framework of pragmatics and establishes a rhetorical hierarchy of speech acts going from "opinion" to "fact" to "necessity." (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Presents different types and degrees of modalizations which are necessary for the construction of a discourse grammar. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Within the context of pragmatics, the isomorphism of the four types of modality are studied: lexical, propositional, illocutionary, and axiological. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Presents a syntactic and semantic study of the lexicalization of modalities in French, particularly by the verbs "devoir" ("to have to"), "pouvoir" ("to be able to"), "savoir" ("to know"), and "vouloir" ("to want"). (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Semantic neology is studied, and the theories of several linguistis on neology are examined. Particular emphasis is placed on the work of Noam Chomsky. (Text is in French.) (PMP)

Presents a linguistic and sociolinguistic analysis of the use of the words "socialism" and "socialist" in Jean Jaures' discourse, with a view to answering the following questions: (1) what is the process of semantic change, from a philosophical term to a political one; and (2) what is the nature of "political…

Examines the semantic articulations of the notions of "consensus" and "conflict" within the framework of political power. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Special issue on translation. (VM)

Presents a critical review of linguistic research on the temporal structure of sentences, with particular reference to the progressive aspect of the English verb. All works reviewed analyze the temporal meaning of these forms using the concepts of "Interval Semantics" and the methods of logical analysis. (MES)

Outlines a system that modifies, and expands on, PTQ ("The Proper Treatment of Quantification in English" by R. Montague), in order to include an analysis of the present and past tenses, and of the perfect and progressive aspects. Also analyzes temporal adverbs and their interactions with tense and aspect. (MES)