Le centrage du verbe transitif
Peter Blumenthal supports the notion of verbal centering, which is taken from lexical semantics and refers to one particular dimension in the information structure of a sentence. The concept shows that the divergence between what is revealed about the subject referent and the object referent of an e...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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2003
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Peter Blumenthal supports the notion of verbal centering, which is taken from lexical semantics and refers to one particular dimension in the information structure of a sentence. The concept shows that the divergence between what is revealed about the subject referent and the object referent of an enunciation correlates with the relative degree of attention that the verb directs to either of its main arguments. The identification of the salient element allows improved analysis in several fields : the differentiation of synonyms (verbs and deverbal nouns), the distinction between the meanings of polysemous verbs and nouns, and the description (and perhaps even the explanation) of the evolution of a considerable number of verbs. Despite its current popularity, the notion of centering is not used consistently throughout literature. Therefore, one major concern of the contribution is to clarify the meaning of the term as it is used in this article by distinguishing it from similar concepts. |
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