French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms

French word list

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	consonne syllabique
	consonne uvulaire
	consonne vélaire
	consonne vélarisée
	consonne vibrante
	constante
	constatation
	constatif
	constellation
	constituant1
	constituant2
	constituant immédiat (CI)
	constituer
	constrictif
	constriction

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constatif

Feminine form: constative

Eng    constative

adj

Antonym(s): performatif₁

Related term(s): affirmatif, constatation, énoncé constatif, polarité

Domain: Speech-Act Theory

nMS

Synonym(s): énoncé constatif

Antonym(s): performatif₂

Type of: acte de langage

Related term(s): affirmation, assertion, constatation, déclaration₁, phrase constative

Domain: Speech-Act Theory

Source(s): Dubois etal. 1994: 113; Greimas & Courtés 1979: 272 (verbe constatif); Moeschler & Reboul 1994: 53, 57

Sub-entries:

• énoncé constatif
• phrase constative

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English word list

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	consecutive interpretation
	consecutively
	consecutiveness
	consequence
	consequence clause
	consequent1
	consequent2
	consonant1
	consonant2
	consonant shift
	consonantal1
	consonantal2
	consonant-cluster reduction
	constant
	constative

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