Ces substantifs qui sont parfois adjectifs en français, espagnol et polonais
Nouns That Appear as Adjectives in the French, Spanish and Polish Languages

Summary/Abstract: In natural languages, especially the Romance ones, there is a certain number of lexical units which can change their functions in certain contexts, although, traditionally speaking, they belong to specified grammatical categories. That is the case with nouns which, even in traditional grammars, are sometimes treated as adjectives. In his article Mirosław Trybisz presented this type of shift of grammatical category. The author concentrated his attention on the adjectives describing colours like: "rose", "chocolat", "aubergine" and the so-called noun phrases of the type "une phrase La Bruyere". The author suggested that a series of tests should be conducted in order to prove that the degree of "adjectivisation" of nouns can vary.

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