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Genre and style in French: Interpretative types and formal correlations.

  • Published In: Lingvisticae Investigationes, 2025, v. 48, n. 2. P. 299 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Vassiliadou, Hélène; Gerhard-Krait, Francine; Lammert, Marie 3 of 3

Abstract

In this paper, we explore whether taxonomic and approximative categorizations can be systematically linked to specific syntactic constructions, following the common assumption that interpretative types correspond to formal structures. To address this question, we examine the roles of two markers — genre and style — in French, focusing particularly on their bare (prepositional) uses. We demonstrate that similarity processes play a crucial role in shaping categorization patterns in everyday discourse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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  • Source:Lingvisticae Investigationes. 2025/07, Vol. 48, Issue 2, p299
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Language and Linguistics
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0378-4169
  • DOI:10.1075/li.00132.vas
  • Accession Number:191766485
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