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Distinction between pronouns and adverbs (see semantic criterion):
If X occupies the position of a PP or an ADVP, and if X has no
``semantic orientation'',
then X/pos=p, otherwise, X/pos=adverb.
Morphological units that introduce interrogative or exclamative sentences are categorized as pronouns:
pos=p | pos=adverb |
Description | Example | Description | Example |
pronoun | Il vient quand /pos=p ? | adverb | Il vient demain /pos=adverb |
| Il vit où /pos=p ? | | Il ne vit pas ici /pos=adverb , mais ailleurs /pos=adverb |
| Il travaille comment /pos=p ? | | Il travaille bien /pos=adverb |
| Cela coûte combien /pos=p ? | | Cela coûte beaucoup /pos=adverb |
The morpholgoical unit y is categorized as weak personal pronoun, like en, whereas morphological units
with deictic value are adverbs:
pos=p | pos=adverb |
Description | Example | Description | Example |
pronoun | Je m' y /pos=p assois | adverb | Je m' assois là-bas /pos=adverb |
Some morphological units can be pronouns and adverbs, according to distributional criteria:
If NP(X), alors X/pos=p;
otherwise, if VP(V+X), alors X/pos=adverb.
pos=p | pos=adverb |
Description | Example | Description | Example |
pronoun | Beaucoup /pos=p sont venus et peu /pos=p sont restés | adverb | Il mange beaucoup /pos=adverb et boit peu /pos=adverb |
| Suffisamment /pos=p sont venus | | Il mange suffisamment /pos=adverb |
| Enormément /pos=p sont venus | | Il mange énormément /pos=adverb |
Distinction between pronoun and noun:
If Det+X designates a given object itself, which is present in the linguistic or extra-linguistic
context, then NP(Det+X)/pos=p;
otherwise, if X is autonomous and if a ``conceptual interpretation'' is possible, X/pos=n.
pos=p | pos=n |
Description | Example | Description | Example |
pronoun | Il lui a donné tout /pos=p / le tout /pos=p | noun | cela forme un /pos=article tout /pos=n |
| C'est pour moi /pos=p | | ``Le moi /pos=n consiste dans ma pensée'' (Pascal) |
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