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Article published In: Researching Occitan in the 21st Century: Un dialòg interdisciplinari
Edited by Marc Olivier and Anna Paradis
[Revue Romane 60:1] 2025
► pp. 124–151

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Alavetz, alara et alors en occitan

Données, variation et emplois dans la narration orale

ORCiD logo with link | Dipralang, EA 739 Université Paul Valéry Montpellier
ORCiD logo with link | Queen’s University Belfast

Article language: French

Published online: 11 December 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1075/rro.25012.ver
Abstract
This study builds on the ExpressioNarration project (2016–2018) which explores the relationship between temporality and orality in Occitan and French oral narration. After outlining the rationale for the OcOr corpus and the theoretical frameworks underpinning our analysis, the first part of this study points up the complexity of the intersection between diamesic, diatopic and diachronic factors in accounting for the distribution of alavetz, alara and alors. The second part explores usage of alavetz, alara and alors, and in particular, their metadiscursive functions, which are particularly frequent in the context of oral transmission. These metadiscursive functions include allowing the narrator to manage speech and thought presentation and to structure the narrative in sections and episodes. The multifunctionality of alavetz, alara and alors is complex: metadiscursive and semantic functions often co-exist.
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • 1.Données, théories et questions de recherche
    • 1.1Le corpus de narration orale OcOr
    • 1.2Modèle théorique de la structure des narrations orales
    • 1.3Alors : Approches théoriques
      • 1.3.1Emplois d’alors à l’initiale : Temporels, causaux, conditionnels, inférentiels…
      • 1.3.2Emplois métadiscursifs à l’initiale
      • 1.3.3La multifonctionnalité d’alors
    • 1.4Questions de recherche
  • 2.ALORS et les facteurs de variation en occitan
    • 2.1Variation diamésique
    • 2.2Variation diatopique, et l’intersection avec les facteurs diamésiques et diachroniques
      • 2.2.1L’éclairage des données dialectologiques : La variation diatopique
      • 2.2.2… à l’intersection avec les facteurs diamésiques et diachroniques
    • 2.3Réponse à la première question de recherche
  • 3.Les emplois d’ALORS en narration orale
    • 3.1Méthodologie
    • 3.2Distribution des emplois métadiscursifs d’ALORS dans le corpus
      • 3.2.1Variation diamésique
      • 3.2.2Distribution selon les formes d’ALORS
    • 3.3Analyse des emplois métadiscursifs d’ALORS en narration orale
      • 3.3.1Changement de focalisation
        • 3.3.1.1Adresse à l’audience
        • 3.3.1.2Autour du discours direct
      • 3.3.2Structuration du récit
        • 3.3.2.1Etapes-clés du récit (Labov & Waletzky)
        • 3.3.2.2Structuration et organisation des épisodes
    • 3.4Réponse à la deuxième question de recherche
  • Conclusions provisoires et perspectives
  • Remerciements
  • Remarquer
  • Bibliographie
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