Gender, Politeness and Pragmatic Particles in French
| University of the West of England
This study aims to investigate politeness in women’s and men’s speech, with a particular focus on the use of c’est-à-dire, enfin, hein and quoi in contemporary spoken French. Politeness is defined as going beyond the notion of the face-threatening act, englobing both everyday ideas of politeness and the creation of sociability in face-to-face interaction.
The pragmatic particles studied are demonstrated to serve both psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic purposes: they lubricate reformulation and contribute to both sociability and social indexation.
The study, which combines qualitative and quantitative analysis, is based on a corpus of spontaneous spoken French, comprising 155,000 words, 95 interviews and subjects ranging in age from 7 to 88 years. The sample contains speakers from a broader range of educational backgrounds than is often the case: a butcher, a video-salesman and a toiletteur canin rub shoulders with counter assistants, teachers and doctors.
The pragmatic particles studied are demonstrated to serve both psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic purposes: they lubricate reformulation and contribute to both sociability and social indexation.
The study, which combines qualitative and quantitative analysis, is based on a corpus of spontaneous spoken French, comprising 155,000 words, 95 interviews and subjects ranging in age from 7 to 88 years. The sample contains speakers from a broader range of educational backgrounds than is often the case: a butcher, a video-salesman and a toiletteur canin rub shoulders with counter assistants, teachers and doctors.
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 104] 2002. x, 251 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface and Acknowledgements | p. vii
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List of abbreviations | p. ix
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1. Introduction | pp. 1–46
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2. Discourse markers and pragmatic particles | pp. 47–61
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3. Establishing and investigating a corpus of spoken French | pp. 63–77
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4. The qualitative analysis | pp. 79–105
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5. Cest-à-dire (que) | pp. 107–126
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6. Enfin | pp. 127–152
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7. Hein | pp. 153–177
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8. Quoi | pp. 179–205
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9. Conclusion | pp. 207–217
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Appendix | pp. 219–221
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References | pp. 223–240
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Index | pp. 241–246
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