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Vol. 11:2 (2020) ► pp.298–324

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« Et le chien aussi i’ regarde »

Particule additive aussi et structure informationnelle en français L2

 | Siegen University

Article language: French

Published online: 25 November 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lia.19006.tho
Résumé
Cette étude propose une analyse de la particule additive aussi en français L2 d’apprenants avancés ayant l’allemand comme L1. En nous basant sur un corpus de récits oraux, élicités à l’aide d’une histoire en images, nous étudierons l’expression des liens additifs aux niveaux du répertoire lexical, de la syntaxe et de la structure informationnelle. Il sera montré que les apprenants manifestent non seulement une forte tendance à se servir de la particule aussi afin d’exprimer les relations additives, mais qu’ils sont en outre très enclins à marquer par des procédés syntaxiques les caractéristiques de la structure informationnelle lorsque l’élément auquel aussi est associé, son domaine d’application (DdA), représente un topique contrastif (« contrastive topic »). Ces caractéristiques de la production en L2 sont interprétées comme le résultat des efforts fournis par les apprenants pour construire une narration cohérente en surface, grâce à des moyens explicites qui présentent un avantage procédural d’un point de vue cognitif.
Abstract
In this article, we analyze the additive particle aussi in French L2 of advanced learners having German as L1. The study is based on a corpus of oral retellings and describes the characteristics of additive linking in L2 French on the levels of lexical repertoire, syntax and information structure. It will be shown that learners show a strong tendency to use the particle aussi in order to express additive relationships and that they are very inclined to mark by additional processes the characteristics of the information structure when the element to which it is associated, its domain of application, represents a contrastive topic. These features of L2 production are interpreted as the result of learners’ efforts to construct a coherent narration by using explicit means of cohesion, which present a procedural advantage from a cognitive point of view.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.La particule de focalisation aussi
    • 2.1Caractéristiques sémantiques
    • 2.2Position
    • 2.3Structure informationnelle
    • 2.4Comparaison entre l’allemand et le français
    • 2.5Caractéristiques de l’expression des liens additifs en L2
  • 3.Analyse
    • 3.1Définition du problème
    • 3.2Collecte des données et corpus
    • 3.3Résultats
      • 3.3.1Fréquence
      • 3.3.2Répertoires des expressions employées
      • 3.3.3Position de la particule dans la phrase
      • 3.3.4Reprise pronominale du référent du DdA
      • 3.3.5Le (sur-)marquage des topiques contrastifs
      • 3.3.6Transfert de la L1
  • 4.Résumé et discussion des résultats
    • 4.1Moyens linguistiques utilisés pour l’expression des liens additifs
    • 4.2Positions syntaxiques assignées à la particule
    • 4.3Syntaxe de la particule et structure informationnelle
  • 5.En guise de conclusion
  • Remerciements
  • Remarques
  • Références
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