Article published In: Lingvisticæ Investigationes
Vol. 7:2 (1983) ► pp.261–270
Étude Descriptive D'Énoncés Du Type De "Ça / Les Féministes Protestent"
Published online: 1 January 1983
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.7.2.05ler
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.7.2.05ler
Pierre Lerat: descriptive study of utterances like Ça, les féministes protestent
The structure considered (NP, S) is a particuliar (oral) case of dislocation (see J. Deulofeu 1977 and 1979).
This article draws attention to two semantic properties of utterances such as Ça, les féministes protestent:
1) NP refers to a definite referential object (deictic, anaphoric, proper name, definite description);
2) the typical interpretation of the structure is "concerning NP".
