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This article presents a theoretical extension of Frame semantics (cf. Fillmore 1982, 1985, Fillmore and Atkins 1992) to describe the semantics of nouns. In Frame semantics, word meaning is analyzed in relation to a situational concept, frame, which comprises roles called frame elements. We present an analytical framework for nouns in Frame semantics. The proposed model posits three classes in the category of noun: (i) common nouns, (ii) role nouns, and (iii) event nouns. Common nouns do not evoke a particular frame (e.g., dog, cat, ...). In contrast, role nouns and event nouns evoke a particular frame, and distinguished in terms of whether they denote a part [role] of a frame, namely, a frame element (e.g., killer for Killing) or a frame itself (e.g., destruction for Destroying).

Resumo: O objeto de estudo deste artigo são os nomes eventivos definidos na Pharmacopeia geral para o reino e domínios de Portugal, publicada em Lisboa em 1794, a qual representa uma súmula do labor terminológico empreendido em Portugal no domínio farmacológico ao longo do século xviii. Após uma breve referência ao contexto em que é publicada esta obra, analisa-se a estrutura morfolexical dos termos usados, bem como o semantismo dos nomes em causa, as relações semânticas que entre si estabelecem e a polissemia que, por vezes, lhes está associada. This article focuses on the event nouns found in the Pharmacopeia geral para o reino e domínios de Portugal, published in Lisbon in 1794, which is the product of the terminological work carried out in the field of pharmacology in Portugal throughout the 18th century. Following a brief summary of the context in which the volume was published, the morpholexical structures of the terms used are analysed, as well as the semantics of the nouns in question, the semantic relations between them and the polysemy sometimes associated with them.

In Latin, the verbal nouns that refer to the activity or state described by their base verbs can give rise to event nominalisation constructions. These constructions are not only capable of reflecting both arguments and adjuncts of their respective underlying verbal predications (§ 1), but also document elements that provide relevant information for the act of communication itself and can be therefore identified as disjuncts or meta-communicative expressions (§ 2). In this vein, the purpose of this article is twofold. On the one hand, it seeks to describe what kind of semantic contents are expressed by the disjuncts within the nominalised constructions (§ 3). On the other, it questions whether these elements suffer restrictions in their transformation from verbal predications to nominal structures and, as the case may be, it aims to offer an explanation of these limitations (§ 4). En latín los nombres deverbales que refieren la actividad o estado descrito por sus verbos base pueden dar lugar a construcciones nominalizadas de evento. Estas construcciones no solo son capaces de reflejar tanto los argumentos como los adjuntos de sus respectivas predicaciones verbales base (§ 1), sino que también documentan elementos que aportan información relevante para el acto de comunicación en sí mismo y que, desde esta perspectiva, pueden identificarse como disjuntos o expresiones meta-comunicativas (§ 2). A partir de aquí, el objetivo de este artículo es doble. Por una parte, busca describir cuáles son los contenidos semánticos expresados por los disjuntos que aparecen dentro de las predicaciones nominalizadas (§ 3). Por otra, pretende establecer qué restricciones sufren estos elementos en su transformación desde las predicaciones verbales a las estructuras nominales, al tiempo que intenta ofrecer una explicación para tales limitaciones (§ 4).

This paper deals with a temporal use of French preposition "dans" (‘in’) in sequences such as "dans" + Num. + N (e.g. "dans trois jours" ‘in three days’), where the temporal PP indicates a temporal distance from a reference point to a posterior event. We call this use of dans ‘prospective use’. We focus more particularly on cases where the noun (N) is not a temporal noun but a noun denoting an event (e.g. "dans trois élections" ‘in three elections’) or an object (e.g. "dans trois bières" ‘in three beers’). We explore the conditions in which these types of entities allow the measuring of the temporal distance.

In this paper, we show that there is a very large and diversified class of nouns denoting entities which are neither events nor concrete physical objects, but a particular kind of entities that we call, following Husserl, « ideal objects » or « idealities ». What makes these objects peculiar is a « spiritual content » that they are endowed with. All of them result from a creative act performed by one or many humans and are designed to be instantiated in the reality because that they are expected to be read into and understood. This is for instance the case of texts, novels, songs, portraits, promises, as well as of theorems, symbols, concepts and triangles. By studying in detail the behaviour of ideality nouns in several spatial, temporal, agentive and modal structures as well as their ability to allow propositional complementation, we show both that they are radically different from event nouns and what makes them so special within the general class of object nouns., Nous nous proposons de montrer qu’il existe une classe de noms qui désignent des entités qui ne sont ni des événements ni de simples objets concrets physiques mais des objets, qu’à la suite de Husserl, nous appelons des « idéalités » (un roman, une chanson, un portrait, une promesse, mais aussi un théorème, un symbole ou un triangle). Ces objets sont porteurs d’un « contenu spirituel » et ont vocation à être instanciés dans le réel puisqu’ils sont destinés à être interprétés. Nous mettons en évidence à la fois la différence radicale entre les noms d’événements et les noms d’idéalités, et la spécificité de ces derniers à l’intérieur de la classe des noms d’objets en général.

Este trabajo constituye un estudio de los nombres de evento. Se propone que deben ser divididos en dos clases, puros y trasladados, tales que los primeros siempre rechazan denotar un objeto efectuado o un resultado. Se exploran sus propiedades gramaticales y se muestra que han de ser distinguidos nítidamente de los nombres no eventivos que expresan temporalidad, por un lado, y de las nominalizaciones deverbales, por otro. El trabajo destaca también el hecho de que todos los nombres de evento, puros o trasladados, deben ser contables; esta generalización tiene consecuencias teóricas a favor de no tratar la semántica y la sintaxis como niveles independientes uno de otro