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This paper presents al exicographic study of the expression "quiet areas" and its translations as theya ppear in the European directive 2002/49/EC. The main part of this study is about the French translation of "quiet areas": "zones calmes" and focuses on the definition of the word calme.T he analysis conducted in this article is based on various methodologies: diachronic studies and analyses of the lexical field. Those methodologies allowhighlighting the manifold notions linked to the word calme.The results showthat the definition of calme has greatly evolved through time, from afi rst one connected to the sea (calm sea)t ot he latest associated with acoustic notions (absence of noise). Between both notions, other definitions have been introduced as calme can also be linked to as tate of mind (the mind is not agitated). In all these definitions, it appears that calme is characterized by aspatial or temporal dimension. It is those characteristics which strengthen its relative character. Through this lexicographic study of French dictionaries, adefinition for "zone calme" can be proposed. However, depending on the words used to translate "quiet areas" in the European directive,the definition is not the same. So, ac omparison between translations of the directive in different European languages wasc arried out. This exploratory analysis then raises the problem of the definition of "quiet areas" before trying to findcharacterizing indicators as suggested in the European directive. PACS no. 43.50.Rq, 43.50.Ba 734 ©S.Hirzel Verlag · EAA Delaitre et al.:F rench calme -Alexicographic study ACTA ACUSTICA UNITED WITH ACUSTICA Vol. 98 (2012)

We examine the relations between cognitive psychology and linguistics, restrictively tracked through the precise analysis of colour terms and colour categories, as an emblematic issue in cognitive semantics. We first proceed to a precise exploration of the lexical resources involved in referring to colours (in French), within the diversity of technical devices representing colours, and then explore the diversity of syntactic inscriptions of colour terms in French in descriptive discourses. The diversity of linguistic devices involved in colour naming and their syntactic inscriptions in discourse allow us identifying a diversity of colour conceptualisations. Connecting a semantic theory of languages and a psychological theory of categorisation challenges the mainstream of cognitive linguistics by proposing a semiotic theory of cultural cognition. RésuméNous examinons comment la linguistique cognitive aborde les relations entre langage et pensée à partir de l'exemple emblématique des couleurs. L'analyse linguistique des formes lexicales référant aux couleurs disponibles en langue et repérées dans différents types de corpus (dénominations de pastilles colorées, discours descriptifs de la qualité visuelle), couplée avec une Mots clefs

L'approche cognitive de la nomination présentée ici permet, à partir de la mise en oeuvre de différents questionnements et de l'analyse des corpus provoqués, d'identifier un certain nombre des processus psychologiques et linguistiques qui permettent à des locuteurs francophones d'exprimer tant leur expérience sensible que leurs connaissances des qualités « objectives » imputées aux objets du monde sonore. Ce travail nous conduit à unifier les différentes conceptions de la référenciation (nomination/dénomination/désignation) non pas dans les seuls procédés linguistiques mais dans la généralité des processus à la fois linguistiques et psychologiques de mise en relation des ressources des langues et des réalités cognitives situées dans la diversité des pratiques humaines. AbstractThis paper presents a cognitive approach of the processes of nomination operating within different modes of questioning and reporting the sonic experience of French speakers in three corpora. After exploring the resources of French language to refer to noise and sounds through elicitation of lists of words, we explored their use in describing environmental noise and qualifying musical sounds by different groups of subjects. We propose to unify the different linguistic approaches of referring (nomination, denomination, designation) not only as resulting in different linguistic processes but as relating linguistic resources to cognitive categories and processes in constructing through a large diversity of linguistic devices experiential knowledge as well as scientific normative knowledge accounted through terminology.

d'Orléans (depuis le 01/09/2011) ; caroline.canceuniv-orleans.fr. Anciennement chercheure au sein d'INCAS3 (Assen, Pays-Bas).