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Le superlatif Ghent University
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Comparatives and superlatives in the Romance languages Ghent University
Les attributs adjectivaux superlatifs en français et en néerlandais et l’accord de l’article Ghent University
When a superlative adjective is used as a predicate, the article which co-occurs with the superlative may not agree with the head noun of the subject in certain languages. This study examines the conditions under which non-agreement occurs in French and Dutch. It shows that non-agreement is rare in French and very frequent in Dutch and highlights the factors that contribute to this frequency difference. The article’s behavior with the ...
Le pronom ce dans les phrases attributives Ghent University
The object of this article is the use of the pronoun ce as a subject of constructions with a plural predicate noun in French. It examines the hypothesis by H. Diessel (1997:199) that this type of pronoun is specific to predicative constructions. A comparison of ‹{ce sont | c’est} + plural NP› with its equivalents in English and Dutch shows that the ability to combine a singular pronoun with plural predicate nouns is not due to the demonstrative ...