French énonciation linguistics some remarks on argumentation, polyphony and connectors

Abstract

Abstract French énonciation linguistics deals with the énonciation taken as a whole, i.e. explicitly not accepting the sharp distinction between semantics and pragmatics which has given rise to so much debate in British and American linguistics. After a brief historical survey, I give a short introduction to my particular theoretical framework, arguing for a modular approach incorporating instructional semantics. I proceed to present two theories developed in this framework,...