Mais Entre Deux Adjectifs
Charlotte Schapira | Université de Hafa
This is the analysis of a specific use of the French conjunction mais, when situated in an attributive structure, between two adjectives:
p mais q —» SN + V {être) + Adj. , mais Adj.
As this simple syntactic pattern allows a variety of different possible semantic interpretations, my chief object was to establish the paradigm of the logical relations leading to the correct understanding of p mais q.
When and if possible, the formal indicators of each different acceptation of the structure and its stylistic potential have been specified.
Published online: 01 January 1985
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.9.1.06sch
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.9.1.06sch