Contribution à l'étude de l'évolution de certainement

Authors

  • Eszter Koós Université Eötvös Loránd

Keywords:

certainement, adverb, sentence adverbial, grammaticalisation, 16th century

Abstract

The aim of this paper to describe the various uses of the adverb certainement 'certainly', based on 16th-century French texts. Having provided a short summary of the treatment of certainement in contemporary grammars, in the first – theoretical – part I will argue that the development of adverbs is a part of grammaticalisation processes. Based on the examples of Frantext, I will show that certainement was present in 16th-century French both as an adverb of manner and as a sentential adverbial.

Published

2010-12-01

How to Cite

Koós, E. (2010). Contribution à l’étude de l’évolution de certainement. Verbum – Analecta Neolatina, 12(2), 570–581. Retrieved from https://verbum-analectaneolatina.hu/index.php/verbum/article/view/533

Issue

Section

Iuvenilia