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esponsable [PP pour [NP les surgelés]]<br />

alliage [PP à [NP haute température]]<br />

langage de l’auteur<br />

This property clearly distinguishes these expressions from all compounds that have been<br />

discussed so far <strong>and</strong> suggests that they have a syntactic origin. It also explains (i) why the value<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Number feature can be distinct for the two Ns e.g. responsable:SG photos:PL, <strong>and</strong> (ii) why<br />

the second member <strong>of</strong> these expressions can be an NP, as in (31b). Many such expressions<br />

generally have both structures, the one with the preposition being the oldest one e.g. stylo à bille<br />

/ stylo-bille ‗ballpoint-pen‘.<br />

22.4.4. Identificational NNs<br />

I borrow from Noailly (1990) the term identificational to name the last NN expressions we have<br />

to examine. These are exemplified in (35).<br />

(35) l’institution Opéra „institution Opera‟<br />

la catégorie adjectif „adjective category‟<br />

le facteur coût „factor cost‟<br />

la filière bois „wood industrial sector‟<br />

la fée électricité „fairy electricity‟<br />

In contradistinction to those discussed in the preceeding sections, these expressions satisfy (28b)<br />

although they also conform to (25a), as (36) shows:<br />

(36) a Jean étudie la catégorie adjectif Jean étudie l’adjectif.<br />

„Jean studied the category adjective‟ „Jean studied the adjective‟<br />

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