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A propos de la genèse diachronique des combinaisons de marqueurs. L'exemple de bon ben et enfin bref

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Richard Waltereit

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Abstract

This article analyzes the diachronic rise of complex discourse markers, that is, markers consisting of more than one word. First, a taxonomy of four types of complex markers is proposed. Two of these types lend themselves to a specific diachronic analysis. Second, two complex French markers are analyzed in detail: bon ben and enfin bref. The diachronic rise of these two markers confirm the hypothesis that complex markers arise in a process of "over-use" of a given sequence of source words. These sequences are over-used in response to a functional need for these particular combinations of words in structuring discourse and interactions, regardless of whether the combinations of words are syntactic phrases or just a series of adjacent markers in discourse.

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Author(s): Waltereit R

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Langue Francaise

Year: 2007

Volume: 154

Pages: 94-128

Print publication date: 01/01/2007

ISSN (print): 0023-8368

ISSN (electronic): 1957-7982

Publisher: Armand Colin

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/lf.154.0094

DOI: 10.3917/lf.154.0094

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