Restrictions sémantiques dans la transformation adjectif/substantif

As soon as we look at the relationship between adjectives and derived nouns, we see that not all the semes of the adjective, not all the distinctive features of meaning, are necessarily found in the corresponding noun. Changes can occur when moving from one category to another. The best known exampl...

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Published inLa Bretagne Linguistique Vol. 6; pp. 255 - 261
Main Author Danielle Becherel
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published Université de Bretagne Occidentale – UBO 01.12.1990
Subjects
French (language)
grammar
linguistics
semantics
substantivation
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Summary:As soon as we look at the relationship between adjectives and derived nouns, we see that not all the semes of the adjective, not all the distinctive features of meaning, are necessarily found in the corresponding noun. Changes can occur when moving from one category to another. The best known example is that of dimensional adjectives, whose antonymy disappears in the substantivation. We know that the opposition wide/narrow is neutralised in width or high/low in height. A single term, the positive term width or height, covers the whole scale of quality, and the idea of above-average measurement disappears. One may then ask why this semantic restriction when moving from one category to the other.
ISSN:1270-2412
2727-9383
DOI:10.4000/lbl.7756