Michelle Lecolle
List of John Benjamins publications in which Michelle Lecolle is involved.
Articles
2023 Human collective nouns and plural definite noun phrases: Semantic and argumentative perspectives on plural reference in French Reference: From conventions to pragmatics, Gardelle, Laure, Laurence Vincent-Durroux and Hélène Vinckel-Roisin (eds.), pp. 153–170 | Chapter
This chapter explores nominal forms with a plural meaning that denote groups of humans in French: human collective nouns (HCNs) and plural definite noun phrases (NP with [les ‘the’ + Nplural]). I combine semantic-referential and argumentative perspectives in order to assess the role of plural… read more
2011 Désadjectivaux formés par conversion et double catégorisation: Le cas des adjectifs/noms en -aire Revue Romane 46:2, pp. 295–316 | Article
This article deals with adjective-to-noun conversion in French, namely the case of -aire derived lexemes. It is argued here that the intermediate and hybrid status of certain bi-categorial adjective/noun items can be viewed as an intermediate theoretical step on the way to actual conversion; we… read more