Comment peut-on déterminer les valeurs du futur antérieur?
How to determine the functions of the futur antérieur tense?

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is the analysis of the context in order to distinguish the elements which influence the interpretation of the futur antérieur tense. Research takes into account: temporal and modality adverbs, the adverbs jamais and rarement, comparative constructions, verbs of opinion, type of sentence (interrogative, exclamatory, negative), type of subordinate clause (temporal, relative), subject of the sentence, aspect of the verb, position of the sentence with the futur antérieur tense in the text and type of the text. This analysis allows the construction of rules by which we can automatically identify the meanings of the futur antérieur tense.

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