Le principe de surprise annoncée

This article examines the emergence of the adverb cependant “however” and its various meaning changes, from the temporal meaning “meanwhile” in Old French to the modern concessive meaning. We also examine the grammaticalization of the preposition pendant “while”, and show that this discourse marker’...

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Main Author: Christiane Marchello-Nizia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses universitaires de Caen 2017-10-01
Series:Discours
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/discours/68