Much Ado About Nothing? On the Categorial Status of et and ne in Medieval French

In this article, we reconsider the syntactical analysis as well as the categorial status of two Medieval French elements, et and ne. In this connection, we illustrate and compare various approaches which principally differ with regard to the assignment of a unique category or of various categories t...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Zimmermann, Michael, Kaiser, Georg A.
التنسيق: Article ou chapitre numérique
اللغة:Français
منشور في: Corpus 2011
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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الملخص:In this article, we reconsider the syntactical analysis as well as the categorial status of two Medieval French elements, et and ne. In this connection, we illustrate and compare various approaches which principally differ with regard to the assignment of a unique category or of various categories to these elements. In the context of this comparison, we address some of the questions pertaining to their motivations and the evidence which has been offered in their favor, showing that approaches which assign a unique category to et and ne, respectively, prove to be empirically more adequate.