Regard sur le complément indirect dans la grammaire française à partir du complément indi-rect dans la grammaire espagnole

Abstract

The «complement indirect», in contrast to the «complement direct», has been described by French traditional and current grammars as the functional complement adjoined to the verb through a preposition. This characterization is far from accurate, for it comprises different syntactic beha­viours under a single label. The present paper aims to point out the functional diversity that can be discovered within this ambiguous «complement indirect». A brief comparison with descriptions in current Spanish grammars is made in order to highlight the different aspects of the problem.