Article published In: Lingvisticæ Investigationes
Vol. 32:1 (2009) ► pp.1–32
Quelle(s) fonction(s) pour donc en français oral ?
Du connecteur conséquentiel au marqueur de structuration du discours
Article language: French
Published online: 25 June 2009
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.32.1.01bol
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.32.1.01bol
The article investigates the multi-functional status of the French connective donc (‘so’) showing on the basis of a corpus analysis that the connective may be used to structure the discourse at different levels. The study distinguishes four main functions for donc: consequential, recapitulating, reformulating, and discursive. In the discourse situation, donc may acquire properly discursive functions reaching beyond its primary consequential function. This functional evolution partially parallels a loss of the specific semantico-syntactic features of consequential donc.
Keywords: discourse marker, causality, spoken French, corpus analysis, subordination
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