Regrammation and paradigmatization: Diachronic analysis of a number of progressive periphrases in French

TY - JOUR

T1 - Regrammation and paradigmatization

T2 - Diachronic analysis of a number of progressive periphrases in French

AU - Kragh, Kirsten A. Jeppesen

AU - Schøsler, Lene

PY - 2015/6/4

Y1 - 2015/6/4

N2 - In the present article, our purpose is to characterize each of the periphrases expressing progressivity Pierre est / va / s'en va / vient / s'en vient chantant, Pierre est à / après chanter, Pierre est en train de chanter as members of a progressive paradigm, and to provide arguments in favour of including the so-called deictic relative construction (Je vois) Pierre qui chante in this paradigm. Our arguments comprise diachronic, diastratic, Francophone, and Creole evidence. In Kragh and Schosler (2014), we have examined in detail this construction, focusing on the grammaticalization process and, in particular, on the reanalysis and actualization process. We here propose an analysis of the deictic relative as yet another way of expressing progressivity. If our analysis is correct, the deictic relative should be considered as a member of the French tense, aspect, and mode (TAM) paradigm.

AB - In the present article, our purpose is to characterize each of the periphrases expressing progressivity Pierre est / va / s'en va / vient / s'en vient chantant, Pierre est à / après chanter, Pierre est en train de chanter as members of a progressive paradigm, and to provide arguments in favour of including the so-called deictic relative construction (Je vois) Pierre qui chante in this paradigm. Our arguments comprise diachronic, diastratic, Francophone, and Creole evidence. In Kragh and Schosler (2014), we have examined in detail this construction, focusing on the grammaticalization process and, in particular, on the reanalysis and actualization process. We here propose an analysis of the deictic relative as yet another way of expressing progressivity. If our analysis is correct, the deictic relative should be considered as a member of the French tense, aspect, and mode (TAM) paradigm.

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0959-2695

VL - 25

SP - 265

EP - 293

JO - Journal of French Language Studies

JF - Journal of French Language Studies

IS - 2

ER -