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Project

The discovery of the French reportative conditional by grammaticographers

This project investigates when grammaticographers discovered the existence of the French reportative conditional and how they initially described it. It broadens and deepens previously published research by studying much more grammars from the 17th-19th century, after having located them in digital or paper form. It will offer new elements and insights in the study of the etymology and early meaning of the reportative conditional.
Date:1 Feb 2015 →  31 Dec 2015
Keywords:FRENCH LANGUAGE, SEMANTIC CHANGE, GRAMMAR, GRAMMATICOGRAPHY
Disciplines:Language studies, Linguistics, Literary studies