Complex Adpositions in Romanian - A Corpus Approach

Les prépositions complexes du roumain - approche sur corpus

Benjamin Fagard (1) , Alexandru Mardale (2)

1 Lattice - Lattice - Langues, Textes, Traitements informatiques, Cognition - UMR 8094
2 LLF UMR7110 - Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle

In this paper, we investigate complex adpositions in Romanian, on the basis of a corpus study. Our goal is to provide an extensive list of complex adpositions and analyze the productivity of various patterns. In order to do so, we selected a number of candidate sequences, applied semantic and morpho-syntactic tests, and evaluated their frequency. Our results confirm the importance of two patterns: [Preposition + Noun + Determiner] followed by a genitive, and [Preposition + Noun + Preposition]. Though there are a few other patterns (such as [(Preposition +) Adverb (+ Preposition)]), these two are the most productive, making up a core of relatively frequent sequences with low variability, which pattern with simple prepositions.

Mots clés: complex adpositions; corpus; grammaticalization; lexicalization; Romanian

Domaines: Linguistique

Benjamin Fagard, Alexandru Mardale. Les prépositions complexes du roumain - approche sur corpus. Revue Romane, 2019. ⟨halshs-02194109⟩