Toujours est-il que (p) ou le retour à un topique antérieur

In this paper, we propose a semantic and pragmatic analysis of the French lexicalized expression toujours est-il que which marks a return to the main discourse topic (Van Dijk, 1976; Charolles, 2003). At first, through the analysis of real examples and of their...

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Main Author: Véronique Lenepveu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses universitaires de Caen 2015-12-01
Series:Discours
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/discours/9071