Typologie des noms : le critère se trouver + SP locatif

Abstract

The aim of this article is to show that we can obtain interesting results in the domain of nominal classification even if we use only one criterion, in our case the spatial structure of localisation se trouver + SP locatif. Our study applies this test to all types of nouns (see, inter alia, mass, countable, abstract, concrete, property, perception nouns) in order to examine which are the best candidates that can be hosted by our target structure. The reader will find a fine description of every possibility or impossibility of use throughout eight "nominal sections" and an explanation for the different reasons of blocking is given in the conclusion. This "experience" may seem limited but it finally turns out to offer very useful information not only about nouns' semantics, but also about space semantics and the construction se trouver + SP locatif itself.