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<H3><A NAME="SECTION000124100000000000000">Core semantics of value <EM>subordinate conjunction</EM></A></H3>
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<H4><A NAME="SECTION000124110000000000000">Subordinate conjjunctions: Syntactic criterion</A></H4>
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<EM>Subordinate conjunctions</EM> can only introduce clauses or infinitives; they cannot relate
other syntactic constituents. There are different kinds of <EM>subordinate coordinations</EM>
with different
syntactic behaviour: the <EM>subordinate coordination</EM> `que' which introduces noun clauses,
<EM>subordinate coordinations</EM> which introduce subordinate interrogative sentences (e.g. `quand') and <EM>subordinate coordinations</EM> which
introduce sentences (e.g. `parce que').
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<EM>Test</EM>:
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Given <EM>X</EM> a conjunction: If the second occurrence of <EM>X</EM> can be replaced
by `que', then <EM>X</EM> is a subordinate conjunction.
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<EM>Examples</EM>:
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<LI> <B>Comme</B><A NAME="45861"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=conjunction & type=subord</FONT></SMALL> il est tard et <B>qu</B>'il a faim, il est rentré.
<LI> <B>Après qu'</B><A NAME="45874"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=conjunction & type=subord</FONT></SMALL> il a préparé le repas et
<B>qu</B>'il a mis la table, ...
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<EM>Test</EM>:
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Given <EM>P</EM>, <IMG WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=12 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="tex2html_wrap_inline52213" SRC="img10.gif"> clauses:
If <EM>X</EM> does not realise a verb argument of <IMG WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=12 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="tex2html_wrap_inline52213" SRC="img10.gif">, then <EM>X</EM> is a subordinate conjunction.
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<EM>Examples</EM>:
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<LI> Pierre veut <B>que</B><A NAME="45910"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=conjunction & type=subord</FONT></SMALL> Marie vienne. Here, `que' does not realise a verb argument of <IMG WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=12 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="tex2html_wrap_inline52213" SRC="img10.gif">.
<LI> Il sait <B>que</B><A NAME="45923"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=conjunction & type=subord</FONT></SMALL> Marie vient. Here, `que' does not realise a verb argument of <IMG WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=12 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="tex2html_wrap_inline52213" SRC="img10.gif">.
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<EM>Test</EM>:
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If <EM>X</EM> has as antecedent an adverb or an adverbial syntagm, then
<EM>X</EM> is a conjunction.
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<EM>Examples</EM>:
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<LI> Pierre mange <B>plus</B><A NAME="45964"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=adverb</FONT></SMALL> <B>que</B><A NAME="45972"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=conjunction & type=subord</FONT></SMALL> Paul.
<LI> Pierre est <B>plus</B><A NAME="45980"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=adverb</FONT></SMALL> petit <B>que</B><A NAME="45988"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=conjunction & type=subord</FONT></SMALL> Paul.
<LI> Pierre est <B>plutôt</B><A NAME="46001"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=adverb</FONT></SMALL> petit <B>que</B><A NAME="46006"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=conjunction & type=subord</FONT></SMALL> grand.
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