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<H3><A NAME="SECTION000112100000000000000">Core semantics of value <EM>adposition</EM></A></H3>
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<H4><A NAME="SECTION000112110000000000000">Adpositions: Syntactic criterion</A></H4>
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An <EM>adposition</EM> is an invariable morphological unit that relates, within a sentence,
different syntactic constituents which have different syntactic functions or different
semantic roles.
In French, we only have the <B>type</B> value <EM>preposition</EM>; <EM>prepositions</EM>
introduce a noun phrase, and this from a
syntactic and semantic point of view.
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<EM>Examples</EM>:
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<LI> appeler à la révolte.
<LI> se diriger vers la sortie.
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<H4><A NAME="SECTION000112120000000000000">Adpositions: Semantic criterion</A></H4>
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We can distinguish semantically empty <EM>prepositions</EM> from semantically
full <EM>prepositions</EM>. Semantically empty <EM>prepositions</EM> are strongly bound <EM>prepositions</EM>
in the case of <EM>V</EM>, <EM>N</EM> and <EM>Adj</EM> complementation (case markers).
Semantically empty <EM>prepositions</EM> are weakly bound prepositions in the case of
<EM>V</EM> complementation, or unbound prepositions.
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<LI> Strongly bound prepositions:
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<EM>Examples</EM>:
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<LI> appeler à la révolte.
<LI> facile à apprendre.
<LI> la direction du projet.
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<LI> Weakly bound prepositions:
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<EM>Examples</EM>:
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<LI> se diriger vers la sortie.
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<LI> Unbound preposition:
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<EM>Examples</EM>:
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<LI> travailler pour gagner la vie. (goal)
<LI> travailler pour la gloire. (goal)
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