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Martin, Robert – Langages, 1981
Discusses the problems posed by a semantic analysis of the future tense in French, addressing particularly its double use as a tense and as a mood. The distinction between linear and branching time, or, certainty and possibility, central to this discussion, leads to a comparative analysis of future and conditional. (MES)
Descriptors: French, Logic, Semantics, Time
Geerts, W.; Melis, L. – Langages, 1976
Presents an example of an analysis of the modals "pouvoir" and "devoir" in view of their representation within the framework of semantic syntax. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)
Descriptors: French, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics, Semantics
Alexandrescu, Sorin – Langages, 1976
Studies the modalities "to believe" and "to know" within the framework of pragmatics and establishes a rhetorical hierarchy of speech acts going from "opinion" to "fact" to "necessity." (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)
Descriptors: French, Linguistic Theory, Logic, Pragmatics
Greimas, A. J. – Langages, 1976
Presents different types and degrees of modalizations which are necessary for the construction of a discourse grammar. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Semantics
Parret, Herman – Langages, 1976
Within the context of pragmatics, the isomorphism of the four types of modality are studied: lexical, propositional, illocutionary, and axiological. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)
Descriptors: French, Generative Grammar, Logic, Methods
Pottier, Bernard – Langages, 1976
Presents a syntactic and semantic study of the lexicalization of modalities in French, particularly by the verbs "devoir" ("to have to"), "pouvoir" ("to be able to"), "savoir" ("to know"), and "vouloir" ("to want"). (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)
Descriptors: French, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics, Logic
Rohrer, Christian – Langages, 1981
Presents a critical review of linguistic research on the temporal structure of sentences, with particular reference to the progressive aspect of the English verb. All works reviewed analyze the temporal meaning of these forms using the concepts of "Interval Semantics" and the methods of logical analysis. (MES)
Descriptors: Adverbs, English, Logic, Semantics
Vlach, Frank – Langages, 1981
Outlines a system that modifies, and expands on, PTQ ("The Proper Treatment of Quantification in English" by R. Montague), in order to include an analysis of the present and past tenses, and of the perfect and progressive aspects. Also analyzes temporal adverbs and their interactions with tense and aspect. (MES)
Descriptors: Adverbs, English, Logic, Semantics
Rohrer, C. – Langages, 1973
Paper presented at the 6th Linguistic Colloquium, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 1971; discusses the description of natural languages and the logical relationship among clauses. (DD)
Descriptors: Diagrams, Evaluation, Kernel Sentences, Language
Baumgartner, Klaus; Wunderlich, Dieter – Langages, 1972
Special issue devoted to the study of generative grammar in German-speaking countries. (VM)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Descriptive Linguistics, German, Language Research
Coquet, J. C. – Langages, 1976
Studies modality in the context of discourse analysis and an agent theory. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Discourse Analysis, French, Linguistic Theory
Gross, Maurice – Langages, 1981
Discusses the general problem of the formal correspondence between predicates and phrases, introducing the principle that the fundamental units of a lexicon are phrases rather than words. Shows that the novelty of this approach consists in an integration of lexicon and syntax and poses particular problems where the noun is concerned. (MES)
Descriptors: Grammar, Lexicology, Models, Nouns
Griffe, Michel – Langages, 1978
Intends to demonstrate the value of statistical analysis in linguistic inquiry through a specific problem, mainly the distribution of and the correlation between the perfect and imperfect subjunctive in Latin. (AM)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Language Research, Latin, Morphology (Languages)
Karttunen, Lauri – Langages, 1973
Expanded version of an article originally written under the auspices of the 1970 MSSB Advanced Research Seminar in Mathematical Linguistics and presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, July 23, 1970, Columbus, Ohio. (DD)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Descriptive Linguistics, English, Language
Fillmore, Charles J. – Langages, 1975
Discusses problems related to case grammar theory, including: the organizations of a case grammar; determination of semantic roles; definition and hierarchy of cases; cause-effect relations; and formalization and notation. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Deep Structure, Form Classes (Languages), Generative Grammar