Locative Inversion In Discourse: a strategy of non-commitment
In this paper, Locative Inversion (hence LI) is analysed as the linear realization of a predication devoid of speaker’s commitment. First, we show that the syntactic constraints and modal restrictions already debated in the linguistic literature, form a coherent set of properties and are evidence of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Presses universitaires de Caen
2009-11-01
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| Series: | Discours |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/discours/7355 |