Partial interrogatives in Quebec French: a diachronic look at a spreading variant
Sandrine Tailleur
Abstract:This study offers a diachronic look (1840-today) into the direct partial interrogation system in Quebec French. The main goals are to provide empirical evidence of the rise of the in situ variant within the Quebec French system, and to understand how the system evolved over centuries, independently from Hexagonal French. The data (based on more than 1600 tokens) show that the emergence of the in situ variant seems to depend on the wh word itself, but its usage seems to be more important in Montreal. There are … Show more
Rossi-Gensane et Pierre Larrivée pour leurs remarques et suggestions d'amélioration lors de la relecture des versions précédentes de cette présentation. Nous demeurons, bien entendu, entièrement responsables des propos exprimés.
Rossi-Gensane et Pierre Larrivée pour leurs remarques et suggestions d'amélioration lors de la relecture des versions précédentes de cette présentation. Nous demeurons, bien entendu, entièrement responsables des propos exprimés.
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