Le fonctionnement de suivant comme substantif deadjectival (SDA)
The function of the adjective suivant as a deadjectival noun

Summary/Abstract: The present paper is part of the linguistic research dedicated to the analysis of transparent and opaque indexicals. It also focuses on the function of two French spatiotemporal adjectives: suivant/prochain. In particular, the attention will be drawn to the analysis of a French adjective suivant in the sense of a deadjectival noun which reveals its polysemic nature, both in the conventionalized and derivative form. Within the course of linguistic analysis, based on Frantext corpus, the notions of family resemblance as proposed by Wittgenstein, prototype theory delineated by Rosch or motivating impulse coined by Vandeloise will be taken into consideration to successfully account for the polysemic potential of the aforementioned deadjectival noun.

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