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alternate conceptual construals in French and Spanish. Similarities and divergences in adjective position 1 NICOLE DELBECQUE Ahsiract This study deals with French and Spanish adjective position. It proposes a global analysis in terms offigure l ground alignment, to accountfor the ränge of different interpretations linked to prenominal and postnominal position. Adjectivepostposing makes the NA (noun-adjective) complex enterfigure Status; the ground is implicitly present. In the case of categorematic adjectives, the adjective is prototypically postposed, and the ground coincides with the class ofreferents ofwhich the noun is a member. When a syncategorematic adjective is at issue, postposing alternates with preposing, and the conceptual Schema for postposing is different in two respects: the adjective is focus, and the ground is conceived of äs a continuum scaled according to collective and individual Standards. Preposing, on the other hand t has essentially the effect of eliminating the higher order comparison, involved in postposing, and of grounding the adjective. Analysis of empirical data reveals significant distributional differences between French and Spanish variable adjectiv

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Author

NICOLE DELBECQUE

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

1990

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)