%0 Journal Article %A Giry-Schneider, Jacqueline %T Les noms épistémiques et leurs verbes supports %D 2004 %J Lingvisticæ Investigationes %V 27 %N 2 %P 219-238 %@ 0378-4169 %R https://doi.org/10.1075/li.27.2.06gir %I John Benjamins %X This article aims at clarifying the notion of “cognitive nouns” (noms “épistémiques”), as it relates to cognitive mental phenomenons, for instance in sentences such as Max a une idée claire du problème (Max has a clear idea of the problem), or Max a une vision déformée du monde (Max has a twisted idea of the world). The syntactic analysis is essentially based upon the theory of support verbs. A semantic class of nouns describing the various aspects of mental activity, such as judgement and representation, was thus defined. %U https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/li.27.2.06gir