How many conversions from verb to noun are there in French?

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  • Delphine Tribout LLF and Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2010.19

Abstract

In this paper, I discuss verb to noun conversion in French. The properties of the input verb and the output noun are presented and a formal representation is proposed using the SBCG framework. The use of such a formalism based on constraints and multiple inheritance highlights the difficulties in defining what exactly is a conversion rule. I propose that the different properties of the input verb and the output noun can be thought of as different dimensions of classification, which characterize the verb to noun conversion rule.

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2010-10-01

How to Cite

Tribout, Delphine. 2010. How many conversions from verb to noun are there in French?. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar 341–357. (doi:10.21248/hpsg.2010.19) (https://proceedings.hpsg.xyz/article/view/747) (Accessed January 31, 2025.)

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2010: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar

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Workshop papers