Le Nom et le Nombre
"Number is the most underestimated of the grammatical categories. It is deceptively simple, and is much more interesting and varied than most linguists realise." This very accurate assessment, made not long ago by Greville Corbett in the opening lines of his seminal work (Corbett 200...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Association Française de Linguistique Cognitive
2015-06-01
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| Series: | CogniTextes |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/cognitextes/122 |
| Summary: | "Number is the most underestimated of the grammatical categories. It is deceptively simple, and is much more interesting and varied than most linguists realise." This very accurate assessment, made not long ago by Greville Corbett in the opening lines of his seminal work (Corbett 2000: 1), is perfectly fitting to introduce the content of this article. The latter addresses the interest that some proponents of Gustave Guillaume’s “Psychomécanique du langage” (the author’s elected framework) have for a mentalist approach which matches some of their own concerns. |
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| ISSN: | 1958-5322 |