Article published In: French Syntax in Contrast
Edited by Karen Lahousse, Béatrice Lamiroy and Kristel Van Goethem
[Lingvisticæ Investigationes 33:2] 2010
► pp. 309–328
De l’interrogation à l’exclamation
Comme P argument de savoir XVIIe–XXe siècles
Article language: French
Published online: 3 December 2010
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.33.2.11mol
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.33.2.11mol
From the 17th to the 20th century, the interpretation of savoir comme S (to know how/how much S) has evolved: these constructions had first an interrogative meaning, and then became mainly exclamative. This paper aims at describe one of the most important contextual modifications this evolution is correlated with, namely changes concerning savoir (to know). Semantic factors seem to be very important to identify the meaning, so one can conclude that a single syntactic structure is involved in those sentences. The study is based upon examples coming from Frantext corpora.
Keywords: diachrony, semantics, embedded interrogatives, embedded exclamatives
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