| Titre | L'adjectif en portugais et en kriyol : essai de syntaxe comparée | |
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| Auteur | Alain Kihm | |
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Revue | Langages |
| Numéro | no 138, juin 2000 Syntaxe des langues créoles [En hommage à Chris Corne] sous la direction de Daniel Véronique | |
| Page | 49-60 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The adjective in Portugese and in Kriyol : A study in comparative syntax The pre-theoretical notion "adjective" is described in terms of a combination of features as defined in Chomsky (1970), Jackendoff (1977) etc. Adjectives in Portugese, be they preposed or postposed, are shown to be lexical items that combine the features [+N] and [uV]. They are inserted in the Specifier of NP, bearing overt or non overt agreement features, and they are liable to merge with the copula [+V uN] to form a complex head. Unlike its lexifier language, Guinee-Bissau Kriyol exclusively postposes adjectives to the head noun. Arguments are adduced to show that Kriyol adjectives include [uN] and [+V] features, incorporating copula features, hence their inherent predicate status. Although both languages, Portuguese and Kriyol, possess adjectives as a linguistic category, a slight displacement in the values of the features associated with Kriyol adjectives, probably due to creolization, has had far-reaching consequences. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/doc/lgge_0458-726x_2000_num_34_138_2370 |
