La dérivation impropre

• Publication type: Journal article
• Journal:
  Cahiers de lexicologie
  2011 – 1, n° 98
  . Du lexique aux dictionnaires en passant par la grammaire. Hommages à Chai-song Hong
• Author: Kiefer (Ferenc)
• Abstract: The paper provides an overview of conversion types in French as discussed in the literature. A distinction is made between regular and productive conversion. A conversion is called regular if it can be accounted for in terms of a morphological derivational rule. Productive conversions are at the same time regular. It is shown that the derivation « V > N » and « ADJ(colour) > N » are regular but not productive. On the other hand, the derivations « N > ADJ(colour) », « Present Participle > ADJ », and « Active verbal base > Passive verbal base » are productive (hence also regular). The categories ADJ(ethnic) and N(ethnic) are examples of indeterminate categories because any ethnic word can function either as an adjective or as a noun. The derivation of adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections is never regular. The paper provides a detailed description of the conversion of present participles into adjectives and of active verbal bases into passive bases.
• Pages: 113 to 121
• Journal: Journal of Lexicology
• CLIL theme: 3147 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Linguistique, Sciences du langage
• EAN: 9782812441455
• ISBN: 978-2-8124-4145-5
• ISSN: 2262-0346
• DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-4145-5.p.0113
• Publisher: Classiques Garnier
• Online publication: 10-14-2011
• Periodicity: Biannual
• Language: French
• Keyword: lexical conversion, regularity, productivity, indeterminate category, thematic roles

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