{"id":4858,"date":"2021-10-19T13:47:25","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T11:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/?p=4858"},"modified":"2025-02-28T10:50:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T09:50:27","slug":"correlative-terms-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/correlative-terms-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Correlative Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"

CORRELATIVE TERMS
\n<\/span><\/h1>\n

Correlative terms are also called relative<\/em> or reciprocal<\/em> terms, and may be considered as opposite terms<\/a>. Mother<\/em> and child<\/em> are correlative terms, that is, they are linked by the immediate inference:<\/p>\n

if A<\/strong> is the mother of B<\/strong>, then B<\/strong> is the child of A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Correlative terms are defined by reference to one another; mother<\/em> is defined as \u201cwoman with children\u201d; child<\/em> as \u201cson or daughter of M<\/strong>\u201d.
\nThe following terms are correlatives:<\/p>\n

cause \/ effect \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 double \/ half \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 master \/slave
\naction \/ passion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sell \/ buy<\/p>\n

Generally speaking, two predicates R1<\/strong> and R2<\/strong> are in a correlation relation when<\/p>\n

A_R1<\/strong>_B <=> B_R2<\/strong>_A
\nA<\/strong>_mother<\/em>_B<\/strong> <=> B<\/strong>_child<\/em>_A<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cBy definition, correlatives are opposites\u201d; they are \u201contologically simultaneous\u201d (Hamelin [1905], p. 133). The topic of the correlative is n\u00b03 on Aristotle’s list:<\/p>\n

Another line of proof is based upon correlative ideas (Rhet<\/em>, II, 23, 3; RR, p. 357)<\/p>\n

The topic is exemplified by the enthymemes:<\/p>\n

Where it is right to command obedience, it must have been right to obey the command.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The tax-farmer: \u201dif it is no disgrace for you to sell it, it is no disgrace for us to buy it\u201d (ibid<\/em>.).<\/p>\n

These inferences have limitations:<\/p>\n

If it is legal\/tolerated to buy 2 g of marijuana, then one may sell 2 g of marijuana.<\/p>\n

But what about \u201cpossessing\u201d\u00a0and \u201cbuying\u201d?<\/p>\n

if it is legal\/tolerated to possess 2g of marijuana,
\nthen it is legal\/tolerated to buy 2 g,
\nthen it is legal\/tolerated to sell it<\/p>\n

given that for me, the only way to get marijuana is to buy it. But the law can make a distinction between two kinds of \u201cpossession\u201d: the possession of drugs for private consumption<\/em> is not an offence, while possession for trafficking<\/em> is.<\/p>\n

The following case deals with two pairs of correlatives, know<\/em> \/ learn<\/em>, and order<\/em> \/ obey<\/em>, articulated by the topic of the opposites:<\/p>\n

If you want to command, you must first learn to obey.
\nThe executive, when he was on his way up, had to learn to obey so that he should know how to command (quoted in Linguee<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CORRELATIVE TERMS Correlative terms are also called relative or reciprocal terms, and may be considered as opposite terms. Mother and child are correlative terms, that is, they are linked by the immediate inference: if A is the mother of B, then B is the child of A Correlative terms are defined by reference to one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-non-classe","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4858"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13525,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4858\/revisions\/13525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}