Confusion may occur between a relative pronoun and an interrogative pronoun:
Test:
Given X a pronoun, P a main clause in which X
occurs,
the clause introduced by X:
If X/ introduces
, and if
is a syntactic construction of certains verbs of P,
such as `demander', then X/; otherwise,
if X/ introduces
, but if
is not a syntactic
construction of a certain verb of P, such as `demander',
then X/.
type=rel | type=int |
Description | Example | Description | Example |
relative pronoun | Il s'inquiète de ce que / je fais | interrogative pronoun | Il se demande ce que / je fais |
| Il s'inquiète de ce qui / lui arrive | | Il demande ce qui / ne va pas |
Confusion may occur between the type values int and excl:
Test:
Given X a pronoun, P a main clause in which X
occurs, E an expansion:
If X/ enables an expansion E and if E does not realise a syntactic construction
of the verb of P, then X/; otherwise,
if X/ realises an emotive or conative function (and if it
does not require E as response to P), then X/.
type=int | type=excl |
Description | Example | Description | Example |
interrogative pronoun | Pourquoi / veux- tu vraiment payer plus? | exclamative pronoun | Pourquoi / payer plus! |