Change of object expression in the history of french
Subtitle: verbs of helping and hindering
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [S.l.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781443845670
Subjects: French language; Verb; Etymology; Direct object; Indirect object
Description: This comprehensive case study of a systematic shift in object expression provides valuable insight into the construal of certain two-place activity verbs in the history of French and how a change in the prepositional system can have dramatic effects on the way their object is realised.