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Title
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En voie de : du trajet spatial à l’aspect = In the process of The aspect due to space path
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Author
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Abstract
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| This contribution presents a comparison of the French prepositional expressions en voie de on the one hand and en route / en chemin (pour) on the other. We aim to show that etre en route and etre en chemin can be used as complex predicates resulting from a lexicalisation process, whereas etre en voie de has been transformed into a marker of grammatical aspect as a consequence of a grammaticalization process. We then propose that the different evolution of both expressions can be explained by the fact that voie had already in Old French a more abstract meaning than chemin and route, which allowed it to designate a series of actions in direction of an objective. Finally, we propose to explain the emergence of en voie de + deverbal noun / infinitive as an aspectual marker by noticing that it was created at the moment French developed other analytic aspectual expressions in accordance with an abstract constructional pattern 'expression/verb of movement + infinitive'. |
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Language
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French
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Source (journal)
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Revue romane / Université de Copenhague. Institut d'études romanes. - Copenhague
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Publication
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Copenhague
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2019
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ISSN
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0035-3906
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1600-0811
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DOI
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10.1075/RRO.00015.DEM
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Volume/pages
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54
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(2019)
, p. 39-61
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ISI
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000478964400003
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