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ANALYSE CRITIQUE DE LA DESCRIPTION DU SYSTEME VERBAL: POUR UNE LINGUISTIQUE DU SIGNIFIANT
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DESCRIPTION OF SYSTEM REPORT: A LANGUAGE FOR THE MEAN

Author(s): Stéphane Pagès
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: verbal system; traditional grammars; signifier.

Summary/Abstract: This article is a critical reading of the way the nomenclatures in traditional grammars present the verbal system - by resorting profusely to the so called exceptions in the use of tenses and modes. It aims at highlighting the theoretical issues raised by such descriptions and at proposing instead a simple, radical reading, that of the signifier.

  • Issue Year: 54/2009
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 233-248
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: French