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Quirky Subjects in Old French

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Quirky Subjects in Old French

Auteurs : Eric Mathieu [Canada]

Source :

Studia Linguistica [ 0039-3193 ] ; 2006-12.

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- org : Editorial Board of Studia Linguistica, GLSA, Princeton University.
- pers : Albert Pauphilet, Bel Inconnu, Eric Mathieu, French, Hrafnbjargarson, Ian Roberts, Jean Maillart, Jean Renart, Jean de Joinville, Jean de Meun, La Que, Lai de Narcisse, Maria Cristina, Marie Dechaine, Martina Wiltschko, Mathieu Texts, Renaut de Beaujeu, Roman de Renart, Roman de The, Romance Languages, Rose, Van Geenhoven.
- place : France, Halle, Mainland, Saint Pere, Troyes, Zaragoza.
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- Accusative, Alexiadou, Boeckx, Buridant, Cambridge university press, Charrette, Chaut, Chevalier, Conjunction reduction, Control verb, Dative, Dative sickness, Dative subject, Dis, Editorial board, Eric, Eric mathieu, Expletive, Faillir, Fischer, French impersonal construction, Genitive, Holmberg, Icelandic, Impersonal construction, Impersonal predicate, Impersonal verb, John benjamin, Journal compilation, Linguistic inquiry, Linguistic theory, Linguistica, Main clause, Mathieu, Modern french, Modern icelandic, Moore perlmutter, Morphological case, Natural language, Next section, Nominative, Nominative case, Nominative pronoun, Nominative subject, Null subject, Oblique, Oblique subject, Oxford university press, Perlmutter, Postverbal, Predicate, Present section, Pronominal, Pronoun, Quirky, Quirky subject, Romance language, Romance linguistics, Saint graal, Same referent, Scandinavian, Scandinavian syntax, Second conjunct, Sfronted, Sfronted element, Studia, Studia linguistica, Stylistic, Subject property, Third person singular, Traditional literature, Verb, Verbal head.

Abstract

Abstract. The aim of this paper is to show that Old French makes great use of quirky subjects. Dubbed ‘impersonal constructions’ in the traditional literature, such structures typically involve an empty subject position that a dative or accusative comes to fill. This, I show, very much resembles the operation called Stylistic Fronting which is clearly available in Old French. The hypothesis put forward is that Stylistically Fronted elements and oblique subjects target TopP+, a special Topic position above TP. Many examples are introduced showing that oblique preverbal elements are true subjects and that pro is thus not the subject of impersonal constructions in Old French. The paper also argues that in Old French, tense rather than agreement is responsible for the licensing of nominative case.

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https://api.istex.fr/ark:/67375/WNG-VVL8FHLT-R/fulltext.pdf

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9582.2006.00128.x

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Canada

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