L'interprétation Événementielle des Phrases en Il Y A

Jacqueline Giry-Schneider | Université de Paris VIII et L.A.D.L.

This paper presents an illustration of the claim that it is possible to treat a semantic problem with the use of syntactic data only, i.e. without appealing to extralinguistic considerations. The example in question is concerned with French clauses constructed around Il y a, for example Il y a un tank dans le jardin (There is a tank in the garden) The event interpretation of such a clause can be explained by the pseudo-sentential clause construction Il y a que S, which is formally related to such clauses.

Published online: 01 January 1988
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.12.1.04gir

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