La Bruyère grammarian
Keywords:
moralist, remark, grammar, classical French.
Abstract
Many clues encourage us to examine jointly La Bruyère’s and Vaugelas’s works. Whereas the first author mainly uses his eyes and the latter mostly his ears, both explicitly refer to their own genres as remarques. Both authors present themselves as observers, fascinated by monsters and prodigies, showing a true talent for discernment. In his note XIV,73 within the Caractères, La Bruyère, meditating on the history of the French language, raises some questions that often interested the classical remarqueurs, such as the gender agreement in adjectives, the differences between subordinate clauses, or the discrepancy between a root and its derivativeDownloads
Download data is not yet available.
Article download
Crossmark
How to Cite
Tourrette É. (2011). La Bruyère grammarian. Thélème. Revista Complutense de Estudios Franceses, 26, 285-309. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_THEL.2011.v26.18
Issue
Section
Articles
License
In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Thélème. Revista Complutense de Estudios Franceses is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite the source. All content is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 use and distribution licence (CC BY 4.0). This circumstance must be expressly stated in these terms where necessary. You can view the summary and the complete legal text of the licence.
