2020
DOI: 10.4000/anglophonia.3268
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Fausses infinitives de but et mirativité

Abstract: Le présent article analyse deux constructions anglaises complexes comprenant des infinitives qui sont peu étudiées, à notre connaissance, et qui présentent la particularité de poser la validation de leur contenu propositionnel. Il s’agit d’énoncés tels que a) « Bush must have been drunk to have invaded Iraq », qui dit explicitement que Bush a envahi l’Irak, et b) « he opened the door to find a dead cat on the doormat », où « he found a dead cat » est un fait avéré. Ces constructions avec infinitives semblent i… Show more

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“…in the subjunctive in Romanian (Avram 2015), but also in the simple future tense in Spanish, which is not necessarily associated with the expression of the future (Escandell-Vidal;Leonetti-Jungl 2019). The possibilities of mirative meaning in non-genuine infinitive constructions in English (complex constructions with infinitive clauses) were investigated by G. Girard-Gillet (2020). "Verbs particularly susceptible to mirative extensions cover mental and physical states, or resulting states which the speaker cannot control" (Aikhenvald 2004: 208).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…in the subjunctive in Romanian (Avram 2015), but also in the simple future tense in Spanish, which is not necessarily associated with the expression of the future (Escandell-Vidal;Leonetti-Jungl 2019). The possibilities of mirative meaning in non-genuine infinitive constructions in English (complex constructions with infinitive clauses) were investigated by G. Girard-Gillet (2020). "Verbs particularly susceptible to mirative extensions cover mental and physical states, or resulting states which the speaker cannot control" (Aikhenvald 2004: 208).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%