French Verbs of Perception and Causation: A Case-grammar |
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... manger . ( g ) La joie l'a faite changer de couleur . Example ( f ) , I assume , is equivalent to sentence ( h ) and not to sentence ( i ) : ( h ) Il a fait manger la fille . ( i ) Il a fait manger la soupe . ( ' He made the girl eat ...
... manger . ( g ) La joie l'a faite changer de couleur . Example ( f ) , I assume , is equivalent to sentence ( h ) and not to sentence ( i ) : ( h ) Il a fait manger la fille . ( i ) Il a fait manger la soupe . ( ' He made the girl eat ...
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... manger la soupe . ( 66 ) Regardez les enfants manger la soupe ! For sentences ( 65 ) and ( 66 ) , if the two NP's ( les enfants and la soupe ) are pronominalized , sentences ( 65a ) and ( 66a ) result : ( 65 ) a . Vous regardez les manger ...
... manger la soupe . ( 66 ) Regardez les enfants manger la soupe ! For sentences ( 65 ) and ( 66 ) , if the two NP's ( les enfants and la soupe ) are pronominalized , sentences ( 65a ) and ( 66a ) result : ( 65 ) a . Vous regardez les manger ...
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... manger . On the other hand , if the " abnormal " pronoun placement rule ( the pronoun coalescence rule ) obtains ... manger . ( 66 ) d . Regardez les la manger . The two pronouns , meeting the structural description for pronoun ...
... manger . On the other hand , if the " abnormal " pronoun placement rule ( the pronoun coalescence rule ) obtains ... manger . ( 66 ) d . Regardez les la manger . The two pronouns , meeting the structural description for pronoun ...
Common terms and phrases
agentive animate apply assumed case-grammar cassé casser causative chanter la chanson chanteuse co-referential complementizer construction dative deep structure deleted direct object discussed dominated effective verbs embedded sentence enfants entendu chanter envoyer equi-NP-deletion été être example fact faire faire fais feature fem pl femme chanter Fillmore gèle Grevisse higher sentence identical infinitive intransitive verb J'ai entendu J'ai fait J'ai laissé J'entends chanter J'entends la femme Jean Kayne l'ai fait chanter la cantatrice chauve laisser and faire Langacker Langacker's les choux manger Marie marker native speakers noun phrase NP agen NP obj NP Vb NP NP's obligatory occur operate optional overt passive permit pincé possible preceding preposition PRO-verb pron pronominalized pronoun coalescence pronoun placement qu'il reflexive pronoun regardé relative clauses rule surface constraints surface structure surface subject syntactic Syntax T-rules taire tences tomber transformation transitive tree diagram underlying representation ungrammatical verbs in French verbs of perception veux voir