Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction: meaning and form -- 1.1. Semantics, syntax, and linguistic theory -- 1.2. Cognitive linguistics -- 1.3. Claims and advantages of the construal approach -- 1.4. Summary -- Chapter 2. Dimensions of construal -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The coding of events: basic elements of clause structure -- 2.3. Conceptualization of complex clauses -- 2.4. Construal of French complements -- 2.5. Summary -- Chapter 3. Causation/perception constructions -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Structural solutions -- 3.3. VOV and W: different construals on the same base -- 3.4. Main verbs and complement structures -- 3.5. Discussion and conclusion -- Chapter 4. Perspective: modal constructions -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. French modals -- 4.3. The complements of modals -- 4.4. Discussion and conclusion -- Chapter 5. Conceptualizing subject constructions. Finite and infinitival complements -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Main verbs and the meaning of the CSC -- 5.3. Infinitival and finite complements -- 5.4. Main verbs and complement structures -- 5.5. Discussion and conclusion -- Chapter 6. Grounding -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. The indicative/subjunctive distinction -- 6.3. Main verbs and complement structures -- 6.4. Discussion and conclusion -- Chapter 7. Impersonal constructions -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The meaning of French impersonals -- 7.3. The meaning of simple impersonals -- 7.4. The meaning of complex impersonals -- 7.5. Complement distribution in impersonal clauses -- 7.6. Relation between constructions -- 7.7. Conclusion and discussion -- Chapter 8. Concluding remarks -- 8.1 Recapitulation -- 8.2 Discussion -- Notes -- Chapter one -- Chapter two -- Chapter three -- Chapter four -- Chapter five -- Chapter six -- Chapter seven -- References -- Index.