Catherine Schnedecker

SN démonstratifs « prédicatifs » : qu'est-ce qui limite leur apport informatif ?

This paper attempts to clarifie two constraints which determine the use of the anaphoric demonstrative predicative SN. The first is due to the antecedent of the anaphoric one. If it is an indefinite SN, it provides informations about the referent which are limited to the stereotype associated with this N. Then any other kind of knowledge must be motivated by the context. The second constraint comes from the predicative character of the demonstrative fixed with the same coherence constraints as propositions.