Les infinitives problématiques : l’exemple de cease to
Infinitives are usually thought to refer to future events relative to the time denoted by the matrix verb they depend on. But with some verbs this temporal interpretation turns out to be false. “Cease” is one of these verbs which raise questions, as the process expressed by the non-finite form has n...
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Main Author: | Geneviève Girard-Gillet |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires du Midi
2008-12-01
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Series: | Anglophonia |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/acs/12297 |
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