Claire Saillard

List of John Benjamins publications for which Claire Saillard plays a role.

Articles

Saillard, Claire 2019 Adjectival modification in Truku SeediqLanguage and Linguistics 20:4, pp. 602–633 | Article
This paper investigates the position of adjectives in noun phrases in Truku Seediq, proposing that the two documented positions correspond to different semantics as well as a difference in syntax. While post-nominal adjectives, corresponding to basic word-order in Truku Seediq, may be either… read more
Saillard, Claire 2015 Chapter 9. Present tense as a neutral form in the L2 French of Chinese L1 speakersThe Acquisition of the Present, Ayoun, Dalila (ed.), pp. 253–288 | Article
This chapter illustrates the claim that Chinese L1 speakers acquiring French as an L2 may face a double challenge stemming from their previous experience of a language without grammatical tense. For these learners, the process of ascertaining the temporal value of French tenses as well as their… read more