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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Annabelle,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Even amongst grammarians of English, there is disagreement
about terminology: strictly speaking, BE and HAVE are auxiliaries - they
conjugate for person and tense - and CAN, WILL (of which 'could' and 'would' are
merely past tense forms) are modals - they don't conjugate for person.
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<DIV><FONT size=2>If you are French, which from your name and research interest
- if not form your address - I guess you might be, try any French grammar of
either language. Particularly Grammaire Explicative de l'Anglais (Paul
Larreya), Le Français Déchiffré and Grammaire Linguistique
de l'Anglais (Henri Adamzewski). The latter two are good on thought-provoking
theorisation, but Larreya is less counter-intuitive as well as being strong on
taxonomy and the best possible common sense. For an interesting eighteenth
century English view demonstrating that 20th century French theoreticians have
invented nothing new, see Tristram Shandy ( I forget which chapter, but if
you're interested I'll look it up).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>In my own research on deixis in the two
languages, I have come to the conclusion the only solution is to define the
terms yourself.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Charles Watkins</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Khâgne & Hypokhâgne, Lycée
Molière, Paris</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Message d'origine-----</B><BR><B>De :
</B>Annabelle David <<A
href="mailto:annabelledavid@hotmail.com">annabelledavid@hotmail.com</A>><BR><B>À
: </B><A
href="mailto:info-childes@mail.talkbank.org">info-childes@mail.talkbank.org</A>
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: </B>vendredi 1 février 2002 12:04<BR><B>Objet : </B>French
auxiliaries<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
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<P>Dear all,</P>
<P>I am trying to classify verbs in French but I cam across a problem. What
do i count as auxiliaries?? In English, it is fairly easy can, could,
would.... but in French the only real ones are etre and avoir in compound
tense forms. But I have seen pouvoir, vouloir and others considered as such
as well. And what about faire and aller??</P>
<P>I am working with bilingual French/English children.</P>
<P>Where can I find help for this topic?? There seem to be a lot of very
different opinions out there.</P>
<P>Annabelle<BR><BR><BR></P>
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