Linear Order and the Construction of Meaning: Is Syntax Deceptive?

It is commonly assumed that the syntax of a sentence and its semantic interpretation cannot differ radically, if some kind of coherence is to be maintained. We analyse here some examples that tend to show that syntax sometimes imposes its own rules, regardless of the semantic data, and that the inte...

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Main Author: Geneviève GIRARD-GILLET
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA) 2012-03-01
Series:E-REA
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/erea/2384