Georges Kleiber

Associative anaphora and part-whole relationship: The condition of alienation and the principle of ontological congruence

Abstract The aim of this paper is to give an answer to the problem raised by the analysis of the relation which holds between the two referents involved in an associative anaphor. By starting with restricted facts over the phenomenon, we try to show that two factors are working in the mechanism of the relation: a condition of alienation and the principle of ontological congruence . These two factors explain in a novel and stimulating fashion why the utterances: ? Pierre a expose son dernier tableau. La beaute (= la beaute du tableau) est fascinante . [Pierre exhibited his latest painting. The beauty (= the beauty of the painting) was fascinating.], ? Max entre. Les yeux (= les yeux de Max) sont hors de leur orbite . [Max comes in. The eyes (= Maxs eyes) are out of their sockets] and ? Paul ouvrit la commode. Le bois (= le bois de la commode)tait polychrome. [Paul opened the chest-of-drawers. The wood (= the wood of the chest) was polychrome] are considered deviant, whereas the sequences: Paul lava la voiture, mais oublia le capot (= le capot de la voiture). [Paul washed the car but forgot the bonnet (= the bonnet of the car)] and Max entre, les yeux brillants . [Max comes in, the eyes shining] are considered well-formed.

Occurrences et noms

Cet article a pour objectif de mettre au jour les caracteristiques specifiques des occurrences de trois types de noms : les noms concrets comptables, les noms de matiere et les noms de couleurs. Nous definirons d’abord la notion d’occurrence et celle corollaire de situation d’occurrence. Nous degagerons ensuite, pour chaque type de nom examine, les differentes dimensions et les entites ontologiques mises en jeu dans la construction ou delimitation de leurs occurrences. Nous ferons ainsi ressortir ce qui reunit et ce qui separe ces occurrences. Les identites et differences mises en relief permettront d’expliquer de maniere nouvelle certains aspects de leur comportement et conduiront a des resultats inedits en matiere de typologie nominale.