@article{jbp:/content/journals/10.1075/li.31.1.07com, author = "Combettes, Bernard", title = "L’alternance si / aussi dans l’expression du comparatif d’égalité: Facteurs d’évolution en moyen français", journal= "Lingvisticæ Investigationes", year = "2008", volume = "31", number = "1", pages = "124-142", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1075/li.31.1.07com", url = "https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/li.31.1.07com", publisher = "John Benjamins", issn = "0378-4169", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "French diachronic syntax", keywords = "Middle French", keywords = "Moyen français", keywords = "equative comparison", keywords = "equative markers", keywords = "grammaticalization / syntaxe diachronique du français", keywords = "marqueurs de comparaison", keywords = "grammaticalisation", keywords = "égalité", keywords = "comparaison d", abstract = "This article focuses on the diachronic study of equative constructions in Middle French. We concentrate particularly on distinct evolutions of two functional elements : the parameter marker (si / aussi alternation) and the standard marker (que / comme alternation). We try to determine relevant factors of change, observing especially semantic types of predication (actualized vs non actualized predicates)", }