IN, THROUGH, WITH et l’expression de la causalité en anglais contemporain. Un exemple d’application des concepts de la TOPÉ
This paper aims at describing the similarities between IN, THROUGH and WITH as causal prepositions making use of Culioli’s concepts of occurrence, notion and locating operations (1999). (1) and (2) illustrate the specific contexts we will deal with :(1) He raised his eyebrows in/with surprise and so...
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| Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires du Midi
2021-10-01
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| Series: | Anglophonia |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/4500 |
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| Summary: | This paper aims at describing the similarities between IN, THROUGH and WITH as causal prepositions making use of Culioli’s concepts of occurrence, notion and locating operations (1999). (1) and (2) illustrate the specific contexts we will deal with :(1) He raised his eyebrows in/with surprise and softly sang the words of the song.(2) [...] their voices would automatically grow louder through surprise and excitement.In both examples IN, THROUGH and WITH introduce the word surprise. This paper will examine utterances in which the preposition is followed by a compact (mass) noun refering to a temporary mental state, i.e. an emotion.More accurately, our goal is to analyse the subtle semantic differences between these markers and to understand and predict the scope of their synonymy. The concepts of occurrence and locating operations in particular will help us describe the way each preposition functions. We will conclude, for example, that the locating operation involved with IN (identification) is not the same as the one involved with WITH (differentiation), and that the status of the located occurrence is different depending on the marker. This is what gives rise to the semantic difference between (3) and (4).(3) Managers can also be what [inaudible] referred to as ‘stress carriers’, causing stress for those around them, for example by being ‘the lovable incompetent boss who sets objectives, then changes his mind, or the flip-side of that, the dictator boss who rules with fear’.(4) Gordon Brown “I ruled in fear” he says more than once.By involving distinct locating operations, IN, THROUGH and WITH construct causality differently, hence the specifi semantic profile of each marker, for example the fact that with THROUGH, the locator is construed as infelicitous. We will show that IN, THROUGH and WITH can be seen as the traces of two locating operations – identification and differenciation – that proceed differently with each marker regarding the stages of the operation and the orientation of the relationship between the locator and the located entities. The major advantage of invoking Culioli’s concepts is to allow metalinguistic comparison between the markers. |
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| ISSN: | 1278-3331 2427-0466 |