| Titre | Sur la syntaxe du temps | |
|---|---|---|
| Auteur | J. Guéron | |
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Revue | Langue française |
| Numéro | no 100, décembre 1993 Temps et aspect dans la langue française, sous la direction de Jacqueline Guéron | |
| Page | 102-122 | |
| Résumé anglais |
We base tense interpretation on relations between the syntactic nodes Complementizer, Tense and Verb within a « Tense-Chain ». Our analysis exploits meca- nisms of Generative Grammar, in particular the theories of Quantification, Movement and Binding ; e.g., we construe Present as an Anaphor, Past as a Pronominal, and Future as a Name. We examine differences between English and French in the interpretation of the Present, the Present Perfect, the Progressive, and the « Imparfait » . We suggest that all these differences follow from a single parameter, presence vs absence of a morphological person feature in the verb. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
