postposition on finite verb forms?

[Danielle Cyr]

In spoken Québécois (i.e. Canadian French) we have one similar 
construction:

Elle 		s'			est 		manière 	d'	excusée
She 		REFLEXIVE	be-AUX	kind		of	excused
'She kind of excused herself'


Among the younger generation of Quebecois speakers, we witness the rise 
of other forms of the same phenomena:

Elle s'est excusée genre 		(genre/kind)
Elle s'est excusée style		(style)
Elle s'est excusée comme	(like)
'She kind of excused herself'



Danielle E. Cyr, assoc. prof.
Department of French Studies
York University/Calumet College 207
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