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LES ADJECTIFS AFFECTIFS
THE EMOTIONAL ADJECTIVES

Author(s): Iulia Mateiu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Universitatea »1 Decembrie 1918« Alba Iulia
Keywords: affective adjective; insult; intensive adjective; quality nouns; quality adjectives

Summary/Abstract: In this article, we will present a morpho-syntactic and semantico-pragmatic analysis of a particular class of adjectives in French language : the affective adjectives, most of which also represent a support of French insults ( cf. affreux,beau, brave, cré, damné, fichu, foutu, joli, malheureux, maudit, misérable, pauvre, petit, sacré, sale, satané, sinistre, triste).

  • Issue Year: 15/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 265-279
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: French