Au-delà de la focalisation : la pseudo-clivée comme stratégie de recherche d’adhésion
The pseudo-cleft construction is a syntactic structure organised in two parts linked by the copula be, the first part being a what-clause and the second part being focalised. In spoken English, the second part of the construction frequently corresponds to a complex stretch of discourse or even an en...
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| description | The pseudo-cleft construction is a syntactic structure organised in two parts linked by the copula be, the first part being a what-clause and the second part being focalised. In spoken English, the second part of the construction frequently corresponds to a complex stretch of discourse or even an entire paragraph (Auer, 2009; Gaudy-Campbell et al., 2016), making the resolution of the pseudo-cleft more complex and sometimes not immediate. Although the construction is traditionally analysed for its focalising function, this paper accounts for the strategic use of pseudo-clefts in discourse. They will be treated as an argumentative device used by the enunciator to introduce a common situation or even to co-construct this situation. By doing so, it paves the way for the co-enunciator’s adhesion to the focalised segment.Using a corpus of spoken British English (Berthe, 2021), this article puts forward different strategies implemented by the enunciator to this end. First of all, the pseudo-cleft can be used to introduce a complex stretch of discourse in which shared knowledge is reactivated before the pseudo-cleft resolution. This complex stretch of discourse can also be used to provide a situational frame in which the co-enunciator is included. Finally, this complex stretch of discourse may also include a form of internal dialogue, which allows the enunciator to share common discursive representations with the co-enunciator. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-da535ac852c8461e891edbef851f34072025-01-30T12:33:13ZengPresses Universitaires du MidiAnglophonia1278-33312427-04662024-08-013710.4000/12poaAu-delà de la focalisation : la pseudo-clivée comme stratégie de recherche d’adhésionFlorine BertheIsabelle Gaudy-CampbellThe pseudo-cleft construction is a syntactic structure organised in two parts linked by the copula be, the first part being a what-clause and the second part being focalised. In spoken English, the second part of the construction frequently corresponds to a complex stretch of discourse or even an entire paragraph (Auer, 2009; Gaudy-Campbell et al., 2016), making the resolution of the pseudo-cleft more complex and sometimes not immediate. Although the construction is traditionally analysed for its focalising function, this paper accounts for the strategic use of pseudo-clefts in discourse. They will be treated as an argumentative device used by the enunciator to introduce a common situation or even to co-construct this situation. By doing so, it paves the way for the co-enunciator’s adhesion to the focalised segment.Using a corpus of spoken British English (Berthe, 2021), this article puts forward different strategies implemented by the enunciator to this end. First of all, the pseudo-cleft can be used to introduce a complex stretch of discourse in which shared knowledge is reactivated before the pseudo-cleft resolution. This complex stretch of discourse can also be used to provide a situational frame in which the co-enunciator is included. Finally, this complex stretch of discourse may also include a form of internal dialogue, which allows the enunciator to share common discursive representations with the co-enunciator.https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/5847focalisationspoken Englishpseudo-cleftsco-enunciationadhesion |
| spellingShingle | Florine Berthe Isabelle Gaudy-Campbell Au-delà de la focalisation : la pseudo-clivée comme stratégie de recherche d’adhésion Anglophonia focalisation spoken English pseudo-clefts co-enunciation adhesion |
| title | Au-delà de la focalisation : la pseudo-clivée comme stratégie de recherche d’adhésion |
| title_full | Au-delà de la focalisation : la pseudo-clivée comme stratégie de recherche d’adhésion |
| title_fullStr | Au-delà de la focalisation : la pseudo-clivée comme stratégie de recherche d’adhésion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Au-delà de la focalisation : la pseudo-clivée comme stratégie de recherche d’adhésion |
| title_short | Au-delà de la focalisation : la pseudo-clivée comme stratégie de recherche d’adhésion |
| title_sort | au dela de la focalisation la pseudo clivee comme strategie de recherche d adhesion |
| topic | focalisation spoken English pseudo-clefts co-enunciation adhesion |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/5847 |
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