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Of mice and (of) men: Phonological influences on the omissibility of French ‘de’ in coordination (a talk by Dr. Kie Zuraw)

  Download flyer.   Abstract:   In English “pieces of tomatoes and of carrots” and “pieces of tomatoes and carrots” are both possible, and are roughly synonymous. French shows similar variation for its preposition “de” (roughly ‘of’): “morceaux de tomates et de carottes” or “morceaux de tomates et carottes”, though French is much less likely […]