De « Martin » à « crétin » : les formes nominales d’adresse entre fonction allocutive et fonction prédicative

Abstract

If nominal forms of address (NFAs) have an evidently allocutive function, that is to say the function to establish and maintain a relation with the interlocutor, they sometimes also have a predicative function. In this paper, we will try to describe the functioning of predication in NFAs though a reflection on the relationship between posed and pre-supposed information, though the analysis of the relation between theme and rheme, and by examining the question of predication through the use of proper nouns.