Les prédications en with : position et sémantisme

Abstract

This paper deals with “with predications” i.e., clauses introduced by with followed by a nonfinite verb in the present participle, placed either before (e.g. With the exams coming next, I have no time for a social life) or after the main clause (e.g. England is part of Europe, with France being their neighbours to the south). The paper shows that depending on their position, the implied semantic link differs and the clause may suggest an accompanying circumstance to the main clause or a metonymic link between the contents of the two clauses

Keywords

• with non-finite clauses
• inter-clausal relations
• position
• semantic interpretation
• accompanying clauses
• concomitance