The loss of the negative morpheme, ne, in Parisian French

A Corpus Analysis of Intra- and Extralinguistic Factors triggeringne-Deletion in Phonic French

“…Ashby 1976, 2001, Armstrong 2002, Armstrong/Smith, 2002Coveney, 2002;Hansen/Malderez, 2004;Dufter/Stark, 2008). Diagram 1 sums up, in top down order starting with the most recent 2 study, the overall ne-realization found in previous corpus analyses during the last five decades.…”

“…Concerning the intra-linguistic factors, the different studies mentioned in diagram 1 suggest the statistic tendencies shown in Table 2 Probabilistic influences of the extralinguistic factors on ne-realization Generally, in a synchronic perspective, the absence of ne is seen as a sociolinguistic indicator for lower social class and young speakers (cf. Ashby, 1976Ashby, , 1981Ashby, , 2001Coveney, 2 2002;Hansen/Malderez, 2004) and also as a marker of informal speech style (cf. Ashby, 1976Ashby, , 1981Armstrong, 2002;Coveney, 2 2002) (cf.…”

“…Ashby, 1976Ashby, , 1981Ashby, , 2001Coveney, 2 2002;Hansen/Malderez, 2004) and also as a marker of informal speech style (cf. Ashby, 1976Ashby, , 1981Armstrong, 2002;Coveney, 2 2002) (cf. section 5.2).…”

“…The analyzed factors are the subject type (intra-linguistic) and the formality degree of the communication situation (extralinguistic) both seem to play a major role for ne-realization (cf. Ashby 1976, Armstrong/Smith, 2002Coveney, 2 2002;Moreau, 1986;Hansen/Malderez, 2004;Dufter/Stark, 2008). The results presented in this paper will demonstrate exemplarily the complexity and the importance of the co-variation of intra-and extralinguistic factors for linguistic variation in French.…”

“…The selection of this factor is motivated by the fact that the subject type shows a strong and stable influence on the realization of ne throughout earlier analyses (Ashby 1976, Armstrong/Smith 2002, Coveney, 2 2002Moreau, 1986;Hansen/Malderez, 2004;Dufter/Stark, 2008). The division into four subject types (cf.…”