Syntaxe et polysémie verbale : l’exemple de préverbés latins en de-

Abstract

The verbal prefix de- gives rise to a certain number of polysemic verbs, certain senses of which are found in the simple form, differing only in nuances, while others represent specific developments. Semic analysis enables these differences in meaning to be measured and determines whether there is a syntactic basis, depending on whether the distinction is inherent to the sememes or depends on the construction within which they occur. The polysemy measured in this way can also be explained by the various values or functions of the prefix, which may express direction, difference, inversion of process, or transitivity.

Keywords

• Semic analysis
• External polysemy
• Internal polysemy
• Preverb