A restrictive/Non-Restrictive Distinction in Possessive Nominals

Pierre Pica (1) , José Bonneau (2) , Takashi Nakajima (3)

1 SFL - Structures Formelles du Langage
2 Department of Linguistics [Montréal]
3 School of Humanities [Univ of Toyama]

We propose that the restrictive/non restrictive distinction found in relative clauses corresponds to the Inalienable vs Alienable distinction of the Nominal Possessive constructions. We propose to extend this distinction to adjectives suggesting that is not construction specific.

Mots clés: "restrictive "; "non-restrictive"; "relative"; "adjectif"; "adjectif possessif"; "alienable"; "inalienable"

Mots clés: restrictive; non-restrictive; relative; adjectif; adjectif possessif; alienable; inalienable

Domaines: Linguistique

Pierre Pica, José Bonneau, Takashi Nakajima. A restrictive/Non-Restrictive Distinction in Possessive Nominals. Kimary Shahin, Susan Blake, Eun-Sook Kim. The proceedings of the Seventheenth West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, CSLI, pp.88-101, 1998. ⟨halshs-00216064⟩