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Genre/Form: | Thèses et écrits académiques |
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Material Type: | Thesis/dissertation |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Stéphane Robert; Antoine Culioli; Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (1970-2019). |
OCLC Number: | 490015862 |
Notes: | 1989PA070075. |
Description: | 397 p. ; 30 cm. |
Responsibility: | par Stéphane Robert ; présentée ss. la dir. du Professeur Antoine Culioli. |
Abstract:
THIS DISSERTATION AIMS TO CHARACTERIZE FROM A SEMANTIC - PRAGMATIC VIEW-POINT THE VERB PARADIGMS OF WOLOF, A LANGUAGE OF THE WEST-ATLAN- -TIC GROUP SPOKEN IN SENEGAL, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF "THEORIE DE L'ENONCIATION" (UTTERANCE THEORIE) PROPOUNDED BY A.CULIOLI. THE VARIOUS PARADIGMS ARE SYSTEMATICALLY EXPLORED AND CONTRASTED IN A NUMBER OF GENUINE CONTEXTS OF UTTERANCE. DESPITE THE VARIETY OF CON- -TEXTUAL VALUES, THE UTTER SPECIFICITY OF EACH SET OF FORMS IS PIN- -POINTED. CLUES ARE OFFERED TO THE PUZZLING PROBLEMS RAISED BY THE APPARENT SYNONYMY AND SEMANTIC AMBIGUITY THAT HAVE SO FAR OBSCURED THE INTERPRETATION OF WOLOF VERB PARADIGMS. NEW LIGHT IS SHED BOTH ON THE TYPOLOGY OF VERBS AND THE BASIC OPPOSTION OF COMPLETE VS INCOMPLETE PROCESSES. THE VERBAL SYSTEM AS A WHOLE IS THUS RECONS- -TRUCTED WITH A SHIFT OF EMPHASIS FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF AN APPARENTLY SYMMETRICAL SET OF PARADIGMS TO AN ANALYSIS OF THE SUBTLE INTERACTION OF TENSE, ASPECT AND MODALITY THAT UNDERLIES THE ACTUAL USE OF THESE FORMS.
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