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Ordre des mots et topologie de la phrase françaiseSous la direction de Kim Gerdes et Claude Muller
[Lingvisticæ Investigationes 29:1] 2006
► pp. 91–102
Qu’est-ce qui distingue l’inversion absolue de l’inversion locative en français ?
Lucie Gournay | Université paris 7 — Denis Diderot, Equipe LILA
Linguistics studies on full inversion in French do not clearly state a difference between locative inversion (LI) and absolute inversion (AI) in independent clauses. In this corpus-based study, I demonstrate the relevance of drawing a line between the two word-order phenomena. I first outline the different formal constraints shared by the two inversions, and then show that some properties typical of LI — which have been put forward in previous work- do not apply to AI. In a final section, I relate the formal properties of both inverted structures to two different deictic functions in written discourse. Both inversions imply a deictic reference to the on-going discourse, but whereas LI refers directly to the situation that is represented, AI refers to the discursive strategy of the discourse.
Published online: 06 July 2006
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.29.1.08gou
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.29.1.08gou
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