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In this article some classical theories concerning adjective position in modern French are compared with the data that online corpora can reveal. Indeed, having few examples or closed noncomputerized corpora at their disposal, researchers of the "noncomputerized" era sought, with some success, to establish general and generalizable values to explain adjective position in modern French. It turns out, however, that a number of these generalizations are contradicted by the findings revealed by the corpora. We will briefly highlight them and then indicate to what extent corpus-based study, especially that availing of almost unlimited online corpora, can lead to a better understanding of this phenomenon. A new way of analyzing adjective position, based on statistics rather than mere raw frequency, seems today quite feasible thanks to online corpora and referentials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Starting from the hypothesis that one adjective can qualify in three different ways (qualificative, relational and a "third type") we try to prove that one and the same adjective has different degrees of predicativity depending on its attributive uses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, we analyse a small family of adjectives which express identity and resemblance. We aim to prove that, in general, they do not differ from other standard adjectives, but they have, by way of their semantic content, a possibility of anaphoric sense and play a role in discourse organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction to the issue is presented in which the editor reflects on the notion of identity in linguistics, discusses the articulation of the concept of identity and the difference in the verbs of resemblance in French, and mentions a prototype of automated system of writing assistance.

This paper aims at describing how qualification and quantification meet when quantity nouns are accompanied by a quantifier and a basic adjective. As in English, the combination between a quantifier and a basic adjective can be interpreted as a complex determiner, with a nuance of qualification in the background however. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]