Expressing the Same by the Different: The subjunctive vs the indicative in French
Igor Dreer
[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics, 59] 2007. xxx, 272 pp.
Igor Dreer
List of John Benjamins publications for which Igor Dreer plays a role.
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Subjects Romance linguistics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2011 The distribution of linguistic forms and textual structure: Two sign-oriented approaches to the textual analysis of the use of the French Indicative and Subjunctive Linguistic Theory and Empirical Evidence, Jonge, Bob de and Yishai Tobin (eds.), pp. 17–44 | Article
This paper builds on my previous work (cf. Dreer 2007) and presents two sign-oriented approaches to the textual analysis that emphasize the connection between the distribution of linguistic forms and the textual structure. The paper deals with the semantic opposition of the French Indicative and… read more
2006 Phonology as human behavior: A combinatory phonology of Byelorussian Advances in Functional Linguistics: Columbia School beyond its origins, Davis, Joseph, Radmila J. Gorup and Nancy Stern (eds.), pp. 107–130 | Article
This paper applies the theory of Phonology as Human Behavior to an analysis of the distribution of consonants in monosyllabic words in Byelorussian. Like other languages, Byelorussian shows a direct connection between the effort that speakers make to control the active articulators, involved in the… read more