« Dire quelque chose de quelque chose ou de quelqu'un » et la théorie de l'incidence de Gustave Guillaume

摘要

Annette Vassant : 'To say something about something or about somebody' and Gustave Guillaume's theory of incidence. The publication of G. Guillaume's manuscripts allows to observe the progressive refinement of his linguistic ideas. A close reading of these texts will help us to retrace this evolution regarding some important questions such as the theory of word genesis in French and that ofthe incidence (by which parts of speech are defined), particularly the internai incidence of the substantive. Meanwhile, we will examine the function ofthe article in the actualisation of the substantive. G. Guillaume's notion of extensity and the value given by the article to the noun phrase on account of context and extensity, agreement between substantive and article during the operation of producing a noun phrase. On the way, G. Guillaume's historical contribution to the study ofthe facts will be emphasized by means of quotations. In contrast, some divergent present usages of guillaumian works like incidence, extension and extensity will be discussed.