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THEORETICAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE FRENCH VERB; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; NOTATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; DEFINITIONS; PART I. LINGUISTICANDPHILOSOPHICALASSUMPTIONS; Chapter 1: LINGUISTIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL ASSUMPTIONS; A. THE UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE : WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?; B. ASSUMPTIONS OF PHILOLOGICAL PHONETICS.; C. THE PHILOLOGICAL PROBLEM.; D. THE PHILOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM.; D.1. Vulgar Latin.; D.2. Pseudoexplanation by blockage of normal phonological development by external influences.; E. COMPARISON OF THE ASSUMPTIONS. |
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PART II. VERBAL STRUCTUREINTRODUCTION; Chapter 2: THE ETYMOLOGICAL UNIFORMITY OF THE PERSONAL ENDINGS; A. SAME ENDINGS IN THE THREE CONJUGATIONS.; Third singular.; First singular.; B. SAME ENDINGS IN THE DIFFERENT TENSES, ASPECTS, AND MOODS.; C. PERFECT ENDINGS.; Chapter 3: TENSE, ASPECT AND MOOD MORPHEMES; 1. PERFECT.; 2. PRESENT INDICATIVE.; 3. IMPERFECT.; 4. PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE.; 5. IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE.; 6. PRESENT PARTICIPLE.; 7. PAST PARTICIPLE.; Chapter 4: HISTORICAL CHANGE IN THE PERSONAL ENDINGS AND DESINENCES; 1. PRESENT INDICATIVE.; First singular.; First plural.; Second plural. |
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Third plural. 2. IMPERFECT.; 3. PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE.; 4. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEAK PERFECT.; a. Changes from old French to modern French.; b. Changes from Latin to French.; 5. THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRONG PERFECT.; a. The development from Latin to LNG.; b. The change from LNG to old French.; c. The change from old French to modern French.; SUMMARY.; PART III. RADICAL ALTERNATIONS; Chapter 5. VOCALIC ALTERNATIONS; 1. SHORT e.; 2. LONG e.; 3. SHORT o.; 4. LONG o.; 5. THE ey ALTERNATION.; 6. oy VERBS.; Chapter 6: CONSONANTAL ALTERNATIONS IN THE PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE. |
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PART IV. THE THEMATIC VOWELChapter 7: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEMATIC VOWEL OF THE FRENCH INFINITIVE FROM LATIN; LENGTH ALTERNATION ë/e.; a. Conditions under which short e lengthens.; b. Conditions under which short e is not lengthened and consequently lost by syncope.; c. Conditions under which a long vowel is shortened.; d. Conditions under which a long thematic e does not shorten.; Chapter 8: LOSS OF THEMATIC VOWEL IN THE FUTURE AND PRESENT INDICATIVE; a. LOSS OR RETENTION OF THEMATIC i IN THE SECOND CONJUGATION. |
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B. THE SINGULAR LOSS OF FIRST CONJUGATION THEMATIC VOWEL aIN THE FUTURE enverrai.c. The preferential raising of e to i in the second conjugation.; d. THE THEMATIC VOWEL IN THE PRESENT INDICATIVE.; Chapter 9: THE THEMATIC VOWEL IN THE PERFECT OF THE THIRD CONJUGATION; A. WEAK PERFECTS.; B. THE LOSS OF THE THEMATIC VOWEL IN THE STRONG PERFECTS OFTHIRD CONJUGATION VERBS.; Chapter 10: THE THEMATIC VOWEL OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE IN THE THIRD CONJUGATION; A. THEMATIC PAST PARTICIPLES.; 1. The lengthening of thematic short e to e.; 2. The contraction of oi to u. |
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B. thematic past participle with loss of preceding consonant. |
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The analysis of French verbs presented in this monograph is neither a synchronic nor a diachronic description, but rather a theoretical achronic analysis whose goal is the explanation of the historical phonetic development of the French verb in terms of changes in the underlying abstract morphological forms. One of the basic premises of this book is that the French superficial phonetic forms are not derived from the Latin superficial phonetic forms, but that both are derived from abstract etymological forms. |
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French language -- Verb.
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French language -- Verb. |
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French language -- Morphology.
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French language -- Morphology. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Foley, James. Theoretical Morphology of the French Verb. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©1979 9789027205025 |
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9789027281234 (electronic book) |
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9027281238 (electronic book) |
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1283328968 |
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9781283328968 |
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