French determiners

This file records the French determiners the studies consume. The quantificational determiners are QuantificationalDeterminer records with the readings the literature makes available for them, so ⟦tous⟧ is {every}. French has no lexical dual universal, and Jeretic and colleagues take les deux to serve as its indirect alternative, marked with the dual number it realizes; toujours is the adverbial universal they set beside English always, and has no determiner reading. The articles un and les are Articles.

References

• [JBG+25]
• [Che07a]
• [dSS02]
• [Zei04]

Quantificational determiners

The n-word aucun reads as no, a negative quantifier ([dSS02]), or as Quantifier.Det.some, an indefinite whose negation the clause supplies ([Zei04]).

def French.Determiners.tous : QuantificationalDeterminer

Tous, read as every, with a plural or a mass noun.

Equations

• French.Determiners.tous = { form := "tous", readings := {Quantifier.Det.Symbol.every}, numberRestriction := some Number.plural, selectsMass := true }

def French.Determiners.chaque : QuantificationalDeterminer

Chaque, read as every, with a singular noun.

Equations

• French.Determiners.chaque = { form := "chaque", readings := {Quantifier.Det.Symbol.every}, numberRestriction := some Number.singular }

def French.Determiners.aucun : QuantificationalDeterminer

Aucun, read as no or as Quantifier.Det.some, with a singular noun.

Equations

• French.Determiners.aucun = { form := "aucun", readings := {Quantifier.Det.Symbol.no, Quantifier.Det.Symbol.some}, numberRestriction := some Number.singular }

def French.Determiners.les_deux : QuantificationalDeterminer

Les deux, read as both, with the dual, the core concept it realizes.

Equations

• French.Determiners.les_deux = { form := "les deux", readings := {Quantifier.Det.Symbol.both}, numberRestriction := some Number.dual }

def French.Determiners.quelques : QuantificationalDeterminer

Quelques, read as Quantifier.Det.some, with a plural noun.

Equations

• French.Determiners.quelques = { form := "quelques", readings := {Quantifier.Det.Symbol.some}, numberRestriction := some Number.plural }

def French.Determiners.toujours : QuantificationalDeterminer

The adverb toujours, with no determiner reading.

Equations

• French.Determiners.toujours = { form := "toujours", numberRestriction := some Number.plural }

Articles

def French.Determiners.un : Article

un — indefinite article, singular.

Equations

• French.Determiners.un = { form := "un", definiteness := Definiteness.indefinite, exponent := Determiner.Exponent.dedicatedMorpheme, numberRestriction := some Number.singular }

def French.Determiners.les : Article

les — definite plural article.

Equations

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def French.Determiners.allQuantifiers : List QuantificationalDeterminer

All French quantifier entries.

Equations

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def French.Determiners.allArticles : List Article

All French article entries.

Equations

• French.Determiners.allArticles = [French.Determiners.un, French.Determiners.les]

def French.Determiners.inventory : Determiner.Inventory

The French determiner inventory.

Equations

• French.Determiners.inventory = List.map Determiner.Entry.article French.Determiners.allArticles ++ List.map Determiner.Entry.quantifier French.Determiners.allQuantifiers