In this paper, we study the restructuration of the subject in adjectival constructions containing an appropriate noun like Les cheveux de Léa sont frisés. The restructuration is studied in three steps. First, we examine on which syntactic conditions it can take place. Then we describe the syntactic properties of regular sequences Prep Det Napp which appear in restructurated sentences. Finally, we show that these sequences are also semantically homogeneous.
Some adjectival sentences with a human subject (Léa est frisée) are in relation with sentences in which an appropriate noun is retablished (Les cheveux de Léa sont frisés) without altearing the meaning of the sentence. The study of these constructions have been done in two steps. First, the nouns considered as "appropriate" have been studied in regards of semantic criteria, then with a syntactic approach by investigating the properties of these constructions and those obtained with different transformations. Here, we'll describe the properties of the nominal construction containing a support verb and an appropriate noun (Léa a les cheveux frisés).
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