How Long to Read Masked Inversion in French

How Long Does it Take to Read Masked Inversion in French?

It takes the average reader 3 hours to read Masked Inversion in French by Paul M. Postal

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this important work of linguistic analysis, Paul M. Postal addresses a paradigm anomaly in French that has hitherto resisted explanation. A general restriction limiting the form of direct objects in complex infinitival constructions with main verbs like faire fails to hold with certain subordinate verbs, especially connaître. Marshaling extensive evidence, Postal argues that this apparent irregularity is a symptom of a deeper regularity. Rather than being an ordinary transitive complement, the subordinate clause in these cases is actually an Inversion structure, one in which the logical subject demotes to indirect object. However, since this demotion induces no word order change or other direct morphological consequences, the inversion is "masked," and revealed only by several types of apparent anomalies. This analysis has significant consequences for contemporary syntactic theories. First, the arguments support the view that a sentence's superficial structure cannot be identified with its syntactic structure, even though such an identification is a fundamental assumption of several currently influential grammatical frameworks. Second, even certain theories that do posit abstract aspects of grammatical form fail to allow for the needed Inversion structures. Postal's study supports theories based on the notion of arc and stratification into levels which provide a natural treatment consistent with the factual requirements. Masked Inversion in French is the first systematic account of this puzzling French syntactic anomaly, and its findings will stimulate research in many areas of natural language grammatical structure.

How long is Masked Inversion in French?

Masked Inversion in French by Paul M. Postal is 180 pages long, and a total of 45,000 words.

This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Masked Inversion in French Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 5 minutes to read Masked Inversion in French aloud.

What Reading Level is Masked Inversion in French?

Masked Inversion in French is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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