THE NOTION OF AREA AND THE FUNCTION OF THE ARTICLE LA NOTION D'AIRE ET LE FONCTIONNEMENT DU SYSTÈME DE L'ARTICLE
THE NOTION OF AREA AND THE FUNCTION OF THE ARTICLE
Author(s): Renée TREMBLAYSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: area; French article; Bantu classifier; word; langage / discourse.
Summary/Abstract: The notion of area and the function of the article. Gustave Guillaume proposed a linguistic theory that classified languages into three groups according to the space or area attibuted to the word in its transition from language to discourse. We will attempt to better understand the importance given by Guillaume to the idea of area by comparing the French article and the Bantu classifier. The article intervenes during the noun's transition from language to discourse. The use of the article infers two movements. The first is horizontal (U1→1S2→U2), and the second vertical (interception of the first motion). The problem that interests us is the construction of the area within which the article functions.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Philologia
- Issue Year: 60/2015
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 73-79
- Page Count: 7