The Cognitive System of the French Verb

• Preface | p. vii
• Chapter One: The Nature of Content Systems | p. 1
• 1. Introduction
• 1.1 Origin of the idea
• 1.2 System in phonology
• 1.3 System and grammatical structure
• 1.4 System in language
• 1.5 Tongue and discourse
• 1.6 Systems and rules
• 1.7 Content systems and referential meaning
• 1.8 Prior studies with Guillaumian influence
• 1.9 Conclusion
• Chapter Two: Verbal Paradigms and their Content | p. 17
• 2. Introduction
• 2.1 The paradigm of tense
• 2.2 Mood
• 2.3 Aspect
• 2.4 Voice
• 2.5 The verbal paradigms of French
• Chapter Three: Chronogenesis | p. 35
• 3. Introduction
• 3.1 Three morphosyntactic types
• 3.2 Stage I: the quasi-nominal mood
• 3.3 Stage II: subjunctive mood
• 3.4 Stage III: indicative mood
• 3.5 Conclusion
• Chapter Four: Aspect | p. 48
• 4. Introduction
• 4.1 Distinguishing tense from aspect
• 4.2 Sequence of tenses in English
• 4.3 Use of the surcomposé in main clauses
• 4.4 Conclusion
• Chapter Five: Voice | p. 63
• 5. Introduction
• 5.1 The grammatical representation of agent and patient
• 5.2 Passive voice in French
• 5.3 The pronominal verbs
• 5.4 The verbs of resultant state
• 5.5 Middle voice
• 5.6 Active and middle with inanimate objects
• 5.7 Conclusion
• Chapter Six: Tense | p. 85
• 6. Introduction: tense and aspect
• 6.1 Defining tense and aspect in cognitive terms
• 6.2 Tense in cognitive terms
• 6.3 Tense and the experience of time
• 6.4 The parameters of tense in French
• 6.5 Past tenses
• 6.6 Future and conditional
• 6.7 Conclusion
• Chapter Seven: Mood | p. 111
• 7. Introduction
• 7.1 A simple cognitive contrast
• 7.2 The subjunctive as a position in the system
• 7.3 The indicative/subjunctive contrast
• 7.4 Facing the problems of subjunctive usage
• 7.5 Conclusion
• Chapter Eight: Present and Present Perfect | p. 129
• 8. Introduction
• 8.1 Concrete cognitive activity
• 8.2 The nature of a threshold
• 8.3 Cognitive contrasts, lexical and grammatical
• 8.4 Conclusion
• Chapter Nine: Semiology, the System of Signs | p. 139
• 9. Introduction
• 9.1 The arbitrary nature of the sign
• 9.2 Arbitrariness and the law of coherence
• 9.3 Allomorphs of aller
• 9.4 The ‘verbes de puissance’
• 9.5 The morphology of the imperative
• 9.6 Coclusion
• Chapter Ten: Verbal Paradigms | p. 148
• 10. Introduction: regular and irregular verbs
• 10.1 Verbal paradigms of French
• 10.2 Derivational verb suffixes of Latin
• 10.3 The French suffix /-i(s)-/
• 10.4 The axial consonant
• 10.5 Other correspondences in the paradigms
• 10.6 The forms of the Latin perfect
• 10.7 The past participle
• 10.8 Conclusion
• General Index | p. 170
• Index of Verb Forms | p. 182

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