| Titre | Le cas de simple | |
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| Auteur | Michèle Noailly | |
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Revue | Langue française |
| Numéro | no 136, décembre 2002 L'adjectif sans qualité(s) sous la direction de Catherine Schnedecker | |
| Page | 34-45 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The particular case of simple This article looks for the first time at the behaviour of the adjective simple. This adjective has ordinary uses as a qualifier, an aspect that will receive little attention here. The analysis will focus instead on the uses of simple as a preceding attributive adjective: une simple allusion, un simple soldat. A contextual study makes it possible to demonstrate the argumentative role played by this adjective. This role, which is sometime close to that of the adjective seul, is clearly restrictive and contrasts with that of pur (un simple divertissement vs un pur divertissement). In addition, the insertion of simple between a determinant and a noun is related to different methods speakers use to make an enonciative issue of the denominative term they choose in order to refer to a given speech object. On these grounds, it seems legitimate to include simple among the body of items known as "enclosures". Until now, only the adjectives vrai and véritable were included under this heading. Their behaviour is however very close in this respect to that of simple, but also to that of pur and, to a lesser degree, to that of plein and franc. This leads to a much broader view about a body of adjectives used in a non-qualifier capacity than earlier studies had attempted to gather together. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/doc/lfr_0023-8368_2002_num_136_1_6470 |
