Tel adjectif. Grammaire d'une variable de caractérisation

Martin Rlegel: Tel adjectif. Grammaire d'une variable de caractérisation When used as a pronominal adjective, tel has the typical distribution of a "qualifying" adjective ("adjectif qualificatif") and is interpreted as a variable referring to the general notion of a "characteristic". This variable is turned into a constant, a specific characteristic, by the context. We describe how syntactic forms (relative, consequential and paratactic correlations) and textual mechanisms (anaphoric, cataphoric and deictic expressions) contribute to the discursive satisfaction of this kind of variable.Riegel Martin. Tel adjectif. Grammaire d'une variable de caractérisation. In: Langue française, n°116, 1997. Indéfinis et références, sous la direction de Walter de Mulder et Nelly Flaux. pp. 81-99