Ambiguous adjectives in French: the case of “gros” when combined with deverbal nouns

In this paper, I analysed the interaction between the French adjective “gros” and -eur deverbal nouns. This adjective gives rise to a preferred non-intersective reading when it is in a prenominal position, but only an intersective reading when it appears after the noun. I claim that it is necessary...

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Main Author: Lucas Tual
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2016-12-01
Series:Linguistica
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/7213