The dramatic extraction construction in French

Relying on spoken corpora (Corpaix, CRFP) and on previous studies (Sabio 1995, 1996), we identify a construction common in spoken French, which we analyze as a particular case of extraction:a. dix sept ans il a. (Seventeen years he has) [Corpaix]b. deux cigarettes j'ai fumé. (Two cigarettes I s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anne Abeillé, Danièle Godard, Frédéric Sabio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti 2009-01-01
Series:Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/index.pl/the_dramatic_extraction_construction_in_french