From "y as plus personne qui parle" to "plus personne ne dit rien": The variable use of the negative particle ne in synchronous French chat.

This study analyzes negative particle variation (i.e., the variable presence or absence of the negative particle ne) in synchronous French chat discourse within a labovian-inspired framework. Selected morphosyntactic, lexical, and phonological constraints are considered. Multivariate analyses performed by GoldVarb 2001 revealed that subject type (i.e., NP, [- overt] subject environment, pronoun) and the phonological environment preceding the position of neregardless of its presence or absenceare determining factors in the variation. In addition, discursive-pragmatic effect was explored in a sub-sample of data. The results indicate that ne is seldom present in verbal negation during explanatory discourse style, yet it is very likely to be retained in ludic, emphatic, and proverbial styles.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2007

Author dc:creator

• van Compernolle, Rémi A.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Williams, Lawrence
• Kaplan, Marijn S.
• Koop, Marie-Christine W.

• sociolinguistic variation
• subject type
• verbal negation
• French
• computer-mediated communication
• negative participle variation
• French language -- Particles.
• French language -- Negatives.

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• van Compernolle, Rémi A.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English, French

Identifier

oclc: 176633949
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3601/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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