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Abstract

This article presents a contrastive analysis of the English copular subschema [ + past participle] and the equivalent copular subschema [ + past participle] in French, based on web data. It is shown that both patterns are almost equally productive at the subject complement level. Furthermore, a more in-depth analysis demonstrates that, in the segment of participles with a high adjectival potential, accumulates more participle tokens than . Conversely, the reverse holds true for participles with a high verbal potential, in which case is characterized by more participle tokens than . This high amount of combinations between and eventive participles also suggests a higher degree of passivity for . However, in the segment of participles with an intermediate verbal potential, is slightly more type frequent than , which hints at an emerging productivity in this area for as well.

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The copular subschema[become/devenir + past participle]in English and French
Languages in Contrast 21, 112 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1075/lic.19013.van
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Keyword(s): become; copular construction; English/French; passive construction; productivity

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