Article published In: Lingvisticæ Investigationes
Vol. 7:1 (1983) ► pp.1–9
Représentations Sémantiques Et Suffixes D'Adjectif
Published online: 1 January 1983
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.7.1.02bog
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.7.1.02bog
The semantic representation of adjectives constructed with the suffixes -phile and -gène (i. e. the combination of arguments and predicates underlying the surface form) is examined here. It may lead to interesting observations about the surface use of such adjectives, as well as of others.
