SHOULD antéposé dans les propositions hypothétiques

This article is a study of the use of the modal auxiliary SHOULD in hypothetical constructions exhibiting subject-auxiliary inversion. The examination of authentic examples taken from a variety of sources suggests that hypothetical “should-clauses” anaphorize covert preconstructed predicative relati...

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Main Author: Valérie Bourdier
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Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2009-01-01
Series:Anglophonia
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/acs/12363
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description This article is a study of the use of the modal auxiliary SHOULD in hypothetical constructions exhibiting subject-auxiliary inversion. The examination of authentic examples taken from a variety of sources suggests that hypothetical “should-clauses” anaphorize covert preconstructed predicative relations so that the possible compatibility of qualities between the relation and the notional frame of reference is called into question. It is thus argued that such clauses develop the qualitative dimension of the anaphorized predicative relation by re-situating it relative to both existential and evaluative intersubjective alternative values.
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spelling doaj-art-1dfc7652c12340f5bd4bcf4a5dc9560c2025-01-30T12:33:30ZengPresses Universitaires du MidiAnglophonia1278-33312427-04662009-01-0113234310.4000/anglophonia.854SHOULD antéposé dans les propositions hypothétiquesValérie BourdierThis article is a study of the use of the modal auxiliary SHOULD in hypothetical constructions exhibiting subject-auxiliary inversion. The examination of authentic examples taken from a variety of sources suggests that hypothetical “should-clauses” anaphorize covert preconstructed predicative relations so that the possible compatibility of qualities between the relation and the notional frame of reference is called into question. It is thus argued that such clauses develop the qualitative dimension of the anaphorized predicative relation by re-situating it relative to both existential and evaluative intersubjective alternative values.https://journals.openedition.org/acs/12363hypothetical modalitysubject-auxiliary inversionalternative valuespre-constructionvaluation
spellingShingle Valérie Bourdier
SHOULD antéposé dans les propositions hypothétiques
Anglophonia
hypothetical modality
subject-auxiliary inversion
alternative values
pre-construction
valuation
title SHOULD antéposé dans les propositions hypothétiques
title_full SHOULD antéposé dans les propositions hypothétiques
title_fullStr SHOULD antéposé dans les propositions hypothétiques
title_full_unstemmed SHOULD antéposé dans les propositions hypothétiques
title_short SHOULD antéposé dans les propositions hypothétiques
title_sort should antepose dans les propositions hypothetiques
topic hypothetical modality
subject-auxiliary inversion
alternative values
pre-construction
valuation
url https://journals.openedition.org/acs/12363
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