L’expression il est évident que (p) comme marqueur de « subjectivité impersonnelle »
In contemporary French, il est évident que p expresses a modality with meta-predicate status (Gosselin 2010). We identify what makes the specificity of this expression inside the field of impersonal constructions with a modal value. Then we propose a study of il est evident in contexts in which...
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| Language: | English |
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Editura Universitatii din Oradea
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Studii de Lingvistica |
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| Online Access: | https://studiidelingvistica.uoradea.ro/docs/14-1-2024/pdf-uri/Lenepveu.pdf |
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| Summary: | In contemporary French, il est évident que p expresses
a modality with meta-predicate status (Gosselin 2010). We identify
what makes the specificity of this expression inside the field of
impersonal constructions with a modal value. Then we propose a
study of il est evident in contexts in which this impersonal form
seems compatible with an infinitive (il est évident de Vinf) and
offers new conditions of use. It appears that other adjectives are
compatible with the two constructions (clair, flagrant, manifeste,
patent…). |
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| ISSN: | 2248-2547 2284-5437 |