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Article published In: Lingvisticæ Investigationes
Vol. 40:2 (2017) ► pp.173–199

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Changement grammatical et discursif en français multiculturel de la région parisienne

Éléments de comparaison

 | The Open University

Article language: French

Published online: 26 February 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/li.00003.sec
Résumé
Cet article cherche à comparer la variation et le changement dans deux domaines linguistiques, à savoir la grammaire et le discours. Il présente les résultats du projet « Multicultural London English – Multicultural Paris French » et s’interroge sur les différences dans l’usage des traits innovants et leur corrélation avec certaines catégories sociales. Du côté grammatical, la recherche se concentre en particulier sur l’usage des interrogatives indirectes in situ telles que je sais pas c’est qui et je sais ça veut dire quoi, fréquemment utilisées à l’oral chez certains locuteurs. Du côté pragmatico-discursif, elle discute de l’utilisation des particules d’extension (et tout, et tout ça). L’étude révèle que la distribution des innovations discursives n’est pas la même que celle des innovations grammaticales, dont l’usage est davantage clivé en fonction des catégories sociales. L’article tente d’apporter des éclairages sur les processus de grammaticalisation et de changement, en s’interrogeant sur l’existence d’un français multiculturel typiquement « jeune » ou typiquement « parisien ».
Abstract
The article aims to compare variation and change at the level of grammar and discourse, based on the data from the project "Multicultural London English – Multicultural Paris French". It examines the differences in the use of innovative features and their correlation with the main social categories. We focus on the use of in situ indirect questions (e.g. je sais pas c’est qui, je sais ça veut dire quoi) at the level of grammar and general extenders (e.g. et tout, et tout ça) at the level of discourse. The study reveals that the discourse-pragmatic and grammatical innovations pattern differently, with the latter being more socially divided. The paper seeks to contribute theoretical insights into the processes of grammaticalisation and change while questioning the existence of a typically “youth”, “Parisian” multicultural French.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Données et méthodologie
    • 2.1Projet
    • 2.2Participants
  • 3.Variation grammaticale : les interrogatives indirectes in situ
    • 3.1Structure, forme et fréquences
    • 3.2Codage et analyse
    • 3.3Interrogatives indirectes in situ en français parisien
  • 4.Variation discursive : les particules d’extension
    • 4.1Usages et fonctions
    • 4.2Grammaticalisation et changement
    • 4.3Analyse multivariée : test de grammaticalisation
    • 4.4Distribution
    • 4.5Grammaticalisation de et tout
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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