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Regrammation and paradigmatization: Diachronic analysis of a number of progressive periphrases in French1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2015

KIRSTEN JEPPESEN KRAGH  and
LENE SCHØSLER
KIRSTEN JEPPESEN KRAGH*
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen
LENE SCHØSLER*
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen
*
Address for correspondence: University of Copenhagen Københavns Universitet Institut for Engelsk, Germansk og Romansk Njalsgade 128, 2300 København SDenmark email: [email protected], [email protected]
Address for correspondence: University of Copenhagen Københavns Universitet Institut for Engelsk, Germansk og Romansk Njalsgade 128, 2300 København SDenmark email: [email protected], [email protected]
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Abstract

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 Schøsler (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.

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Journal of French Language Studies , Volume 25 , Special Issue 2: Les marqueurs de temps, aspect et modalité en diachronie , July 2015 , pp. 265 - 293
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We wish to thank the editors and André Thibault for valuable comments on a previous version.

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