The Argument Structure of Elementary Sentences
نویسنده
چکیده
We present here a global view of the syntactic shapes of the elementary sentences of French. This paper constitutes a synthesis of the numerous observations made on a set of about 12,000 verbs studied in the framework of lexicon-grammar (M. Gross 1975; J.-P. Boons, A. Guillet, C. Leclère 1976; G. Gross 1989; A. Guillet, C. Leclère 1992). The point of view is strictly formal, according to the now classical methodology developed by Z.S. Harris and N. Chomsky. No semantic notion is involved in the descriptive apparatus; in other terms, the metalanguage of the description is built from combinatorial notions applied to sets of words. This metalanguage is entirely derived from the basic concepts that emerged out of Z.S. Harris' work in syntax. Moreover, the approach is systematic, namely for a given phenomenon, one has always attempted to reach a complete coverage of the description in a language.
منابع مشابه
L1 Transfer in L2 Acquisition of the There-Insertion Construction by Mandarin EFL Learners
This study examined the role of the native language (L1) transfer in a non-native language (L2) acquisition of the there-insertion construction at the syntax-semantics interface. Specifically, the study investigated if Mandarin EFL learners would make overgeneralization errors in the situation where an L1 argument structure constitutes a superset of its L2 counterpart. Verbs of existence and ap...
متن کاملA Question/Answer Explanation for Text Expansion
1 Presentation I present in this paper the related work to my PhD thesis. It deals with an explanation approach for the generation of extended versions of text. The explanation is considered in the sense that an expansion is intended to make what is evoked into the text version understood. In order to give an account of this aspect, we resort to the notion of text questionnability deened by Vir...
متن کاملLinear Formulas in Continuous Logic
We prove that continuous sentences preserved by the ultramean construction (a generalization of the ultraproduct construction) are exactly those sentences which are approximated by linear sentences. Continuous sentences preserved by linear elementary equivalence are exactly those sentences which are approximated in the Riesz space generated by linear sentences. Also, characterizations for linea...
متن کاملThe Effect of Dynamic Assessment of Toulmin Model through Teacher- and Collective-Scaffolding on Argument Structure and Argumentative Writing Achievement of Iranian EFL Learners
Considering the paramount importance of writing logical arguments for college students, this study investigated the effect of dynamic assessment (DA) of Toulmin model through teacher- and collective-scaffolding on argument structure and overall quality of argumentative essays of Iranian EFL university learners. In so doing, 45 male and female Iranian EFL learners taking part in the study were r...
متن کاملKorean Passive Sentence Comprehension Deficits and its Relation to Working Memory Capacity in Persons with Aphasia
The current study investigated Korean passive sentence comprehension deficits in aphasia and its underlying processing mechanisms using three types of syntactic structures: 1) active sentences with a 2-argument structure, 2) active sentences with a 3-argument structure, and 3) passive counterparts of active sentences with a 2-argument structure. Persons with aphasia showed differentially greate...
متن کامل