Ouiau lieu desi: les usages exceptionnels deoui/si/nondans les textes écrits

Takagaki, Yumi

doi:10.1051/shsconf/20140801180

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“…Such an analysis is dependent on the possibility of using 'oui' in both Positive Agreement and Positive Disagreement contexts; in other words, if 'oui' were only found in Positive Agreement contexts, then it would have to be analysed as exactly the kind of particle Roelofsen & Farkas (2015) argue does not exist. Indeed, a number of studies on French suggest that 'oui' is mainly used in Positive Agreement contexts (Diller 1984;Takagaki 2014;Noveck et al 2021, but see Pasquereau 2020a for an account of how the distribution of French particles depends on the inclusion of the prejacent in the response). Finally, the justification provided for the hierarchy in (1) is not entirely intuitive.…”

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You say yes, I say no. Investigating the link between meaning and form in response particles

Maldonado¹,

Culbertson²

2022

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Response particles, like English ‘yes’ and ‘no’, are used to respond to polar questions or assertions and are found in all languages. However, the number of particles and the specific meanings they convey vary across languages. For example, in some languages particles mainly convey whether the response itself is positive or negative, while in others they convey whether the response is agreeing or disagreeing with previous discourse. Further, some languages have two response particles, while others have three, or even four. Recent work suggests that how meanings tend to be mapped to forms cross-linguistically might nevertheless be constrained. Roelofsen & Farkas (2015) suggest that indicating disagreement with a negative question or assertion (e.g., A: ‘Ally doesn’t eat meat.’ B: ‘Yes, he does.’) is more marked than indicating agreement with a positive assertion (e.g., A: ‘Ally eats meat.’ B: ‘Yes, he does’.). This difference in semantic markedness is argued to lead to a difference in form: more marked meanings are mapped to more specialized forms. Here we investigate this hypothesis in a series of behavioral experiments. Across our experiments, we find that participants are indeed sensitive to the differences in meaning that particles can convey. However, we fail to find evidence for all differences implicated by the hierarchy hypothesized in Roelofsen & Farkas (2015), and our results highlight an unexpected special role for Positive Agreement—the least marked meaning.

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You say yes, I say no. Investigating the link between meaning and form in response particles

Maldonado¹,

Culbertson²

2022

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“…suggest that 'oui' is mainly used in Positive Agreement contexts(Diller 1984;Takagaki 2014;Noveck et al 2021, but see Pasquereau 2020a for an account of how the distribution of French particles depends on the inclusion of the prejacent in the response). Finally, the justification provided for the hierarchy in (1) is not entirely intuitive.…”

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You say yes, I say no: Investigating the link between meaning and form in response particles

Maldonado

Culbertson

2023

Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics

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Response particles, like English ‘yes’ and ‘no’, are used to respond to polar questions or assertions and are found in all languages. However, the number of particles and the specific meanings they convey vary across languages. For example, in some languages particles mainly convey whether the response itself is positive or negative, while in others they convey whether the response is agreeing or disagreeing with previous discourse. Further, some languages have two response particles, while others have three, or even four. Recent work suggests that how meanings tend to be mapped to forms cross-linguistically might nevertheless be constrained. Roelofsen & Farkas (2015) suggest that indicating disagreement with a negative question or assertion (e.g., A: ‘Ally doesn’t eat meat.’ B: ‘Yes, he does.’) is more marked than indicating agreement with a positive assertion (e.g., A: ‘Ally eats meat.’ B: ‘Yes, he does’.). This difference in semantic markedness is argued to lead to a difference in form: more marked meanings are mapped to more specialized forms. Here we investigate this hypothesis in a series of behavioral experiments. Across our experiments, we find that participants are indeed sensitive to the differences in meaning that particles can convey. However, not all of the differences implicated by the hierarchy hypothesized in Roelofsen & Farkas (2015) are supported by our results, and we find evidence highlighting an unexpected special role for Positive Agreement—the least marked meaning.

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“…French matrix PRPs have been looked at inHoeybye (1939);Cohen (1952); Zwanenburg (1967);Wunderli (1974);Wilmet (1976);Pohl (1976);Plantin (1982);Diller (1984);Lebaud (1995); Kerbrat-Orecchioni (2001); Schapira (2012);Morris (2008);Takagaki (2014).…”

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Polar response particles in French as remnants of ellipsis

Pasquereau

2020

Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics

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Polar response particles have been at the center of lively debates in the recent and not so recent literature. One of these debates concerns the syntax of these particles, in particular whether they are pure sentential proforms or involve ellipsis. This paper examines the syntax of the French polar response particles oui, non, and si in embedded contexts. On the basis of these particles' sensitivity to finiteness, obviation, and antilogophoricity in embedded clauses, it argues that they are better analyzed as remnants of ellipsis.

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Ouiau lieu desi: les usages exceptionnels deoui/si/nondans les textes écrits

Abstract: Avant d'entrer dans la discussion, nous présenterons quelques notions employées dans nos explications.

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You say yes, I say no. Investigating the link between meaning and form in response particles

You say yes, I say no. Investigating the link between meaning and form in response particles

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Polar response particles in French as remnants of ellipsis

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