Publications
Publication details [#1839]
Bruxelles, Sylvie, Anne-Marie Diller, Oswald Ducrot, Eric Fouquier, Jean Gouazé and Anna Rémis. 1979. Décidément: La classification dissimulée. Journal of Pragmatics 3 (2) : 127–149. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
French
Keywords
Language as a subject
Journal WWW
Annotation
The adverb 'décidément' can be used in isolation and constitute a statement-like utterance. It can also introduce and comment on the utterance that follows. Examples of these two functions are presented and explained within a unified semantic description that accounts for the diversity of effects observed in different discourse situations.