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Cette mesure est-elle vraiment clé? A constructional approach to categorial gradience

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Van Goethem, Kristel [UCL]

This article investigates the recently developed adjectival properties of the French noun clé ‘key’, as attested in for instance un poste très clé ‘a really key position’ and Cette mesure est-elle vraiment clé? ‘Is this measure really key?’. The main purpose of this study is triple: it consists in analyzing (i) which adjectival uses can be found in modern French, (ii) to what extent they are accepted by native speakers (from different geographical varieties) of French, and (iii) how they can be accounted for within the framework of Construction Grammar and Construction Morphology. It will be hypothesized that French clé is subject to categorial gradience as a consequence of an ongoing constructionalization process.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2015
Language Anglais
Journal information "Journal of French Language Studies" - Vol. 25, no. 1, p. 115-142 (2015)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Cambridge University Press ((United Kingdom) Cambridge)
issn 0959-2695
e-issn 1474-0079
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/ILC/PLIN - Pôle de recherche en linguistique
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Bibliographic reference Van Goethem, Kristel. Cette mesure est-elle vraiment clé? A constructional approach to categorial gradience. In: Journal of French Language Studies, Vol. 25, no. 1, p. 115-142 (2015)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/134621