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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Main Author: Paulo de Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française de Linguistique Cognitive 2015-06-01
Series:CogniTextes
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cognitextes/122
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spelling doaj-d883269516f54c01a274bc5abe804d9d2020-11-25T01:55:16ZengAssociation Française de Linguistique CognitiveCogniTextes1958-53222015-06-01110.4000/cognitextes.122Le Nom et le NombrePaulo de Carvalho"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.http://journals.openedition.org/cognitextes/122grammaticalizationdrohencognitive grammarlanguage psychomechanicsnumberêtre
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Le Nom et le Nombre
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grammaticalization
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cognitive grammar
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number
être
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title Le Nom et le Nombre
title_short Le Nom et le Nombre
title_full Le Nom et le Nombre
title_fullStr Le Nom et le Nombre
title_full_unstemmed Le Nom et le Nombre
title_sort le nom et le nombre
publisher Association Française de Linguistique Cognitive
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description "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.
topic grammaticalization
drohen
cognitive grammar
language psychomechanics
number
être
url http://journals.openedition.org/cognitextes/122
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