Some features of the use of the definite article with proper nouns in French – expansion of the proper nouns notion

Abstract

The article deals with the use of the definite article with proper nouns that are correlated with adverbs, nouns groups or relative pronouns which serve to determine the referent. The role of the referent is schematically illustrated.

Keywords

• a referent
• a nominal group
• referential duality
• referential mechanism
• the definite article
• types of expansion