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Avoir Beau+Infinitive in Old French and Modern French

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2020

Paul-Louis Faye*
Affiliation:
University of Colorado

Extract

This paper has for object the study of the type avoir beau+infinitive in Old French and Modern French. While pursuing the research the author was led to the observation of several cognate types which will be treated later. These, however, may be occasionally referred to in the present paper by the following stock phrases: bel le salua, le blé leva bel, molt lor est bel. In all these types bel is used adverbially.

Type
Research Article
Information
PMLA , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , December 1934 , pp. 1005 - 1018
Copyright
Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1934

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