The polysemy of agent nouns: diachronic, synchronic and contrastive evidence from French and Swedish

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作者：

Rosenberg, Maria ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Stockholm Univ, Dept French Italian & Class Languages, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden

来源：

STUF-LANGUAGE TYPOLOGY AND UNIVERSALS | 2011年 / 64卷 / 01期

关键词：

agentive formations; semantic extension; polysemy; French; Swedish;

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H [语言、文字];

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05 ;

摘要：

This study addresses Agent polysemy diachronically, synchronically, and contrastively. It examines the semantic structure of three French agentive formations, [VN/A](N/A) compounds, and derivations with -eur and -ant. The semantics of four Swedish agentive formations which correspond to French [VN/A](N/A) compounds are also studied. My results suggest that the polysemy of Agent is not uniformly hierarchically structured, with the Agent on top, for different agentive formations. They do not confirm that semantic extension emanates from the Agent. Instead, they speak in favour of blocking as the most plausible explanation for Agent polysemy and meaning extension.

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页码：53 / 64

页数：12

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