Systemic organization of French predicate adjectives of relation

This paper examines modern French adjective and nominative constructions with a qualitative adjective, noun defined by it dependent prepositional noun, complement to the adjective. The in such construction is predicate that assigns semantic roles category features its arguments. rection of transitive usage adjectives enable are included inter-part-of-speech lexico-semantic field relation. topicality research determined insufficient knowledge Romanic studies. offers new systemic approach relation their valences. Prototypical attributes, relevant adjectives, were formulated. It was established constitute dynamical system disposed according degree expression from center periphery inside sub-systems. As result, predicative actants each particular described role hidden grammar categories nouns differentiation meanings governing explicitly expressed arguments elucidated. Methods used contextual analysis, componential synonymic transformation paraphrasing. linguistic material for this study works fiction 19th 20th centuries dictionaries.