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The discourse use of French donc in imperative sentences
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Author
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Abstract
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| It seems that the French particle done is not always used as a conjunction of argumentation, linking the antecedent to the consequent and presenting the consequent as a kind of logical result of the antecedent, as is the case in its inferential use: 'Il pleut, done Paul reste A la maison' (It is raining, DM Paul stays in). When this kind of inferential analysis is applied to utterances like 'Tais-toi donc' (Be quiet DM), it becomes obvious that donc is used as a discourse marker without a clear link to any antecedent whatsoever. In this paper I will investigate. from a pragmatic point of view, if it can be maintained that French done, used in imperative sentences, is indeed a discourse marker and whether this use is to be analyzed along the same lines as inferential donc is. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Journal of pragmatics : an interdisciplinary quarterly of language studies. - Amsterdam, 1977, currens
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Publication
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Amsterdam
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North-Holland
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2003
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ISSN
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0378-2166
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1879-1387
[online]
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DOI
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10.1016/S0378-2166(03)00024-9
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Volume/pages
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35
:7
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, p. 1095-1112
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ISI
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000183215900006
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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