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MOTIVATION /VS/ ARBITRAIRE : PLAIDOYER POUR UNE VOIX MÉDIANE
ARBITRARINESS VS. MOTIVATION: ADVOCATING A MIDDLE PATH

Author(s): Stéphane Pagès
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Motivation; arbitrariness; theory; analogy; Spanish.

Summary/Abstract: Arbitrariness vs. Motivation: Advocating a Middle Path. This paper sets out to explore D. Bottineau's cognematic approach through the study of the morpheme [a] in Spanish, apprehended here as a hybrid sign, as an effect of both arbitrariness and motivation.

  • Issue Year: 56/2011
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 131-146
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: French