Si ferai je, oïl, voire, et volentiers: quelques marqueurs d’affirmation en français médiéval
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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ISSN: 1974-2886
ISBN: 978-88-430-8039-7
Año de publicación: 2016
Volumen: 10
Páginas: 217-235
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Testi e Linguaggi
Resumen
This article describes some affirmative markers of the Medieval French from a syntactic, semantic andpragmatic point of view. The choice of the affirmative marker is influenced by the preceding type ofutterance. An injunctive utterance may be followed by the next to minimal answer of the type si ferayge, non avra il, etc. or by the minimal answer voluntiers. In both cases, the speaker expresses a positiveattitude to do what he is asked to. Si feray ge, non avra il, etc. may also respond to an interrogativeutterance, as well as the minimal answers oïl and nennil. The difference between both types of markersrelays on how the prior question functions: oïl and nennil respond to real questions, thereforethey provide new information, whereas si feray ge, etc. respond to orientated questions, they confirmsomething the speaker who asks the question already knows. Finally, the minimal answer voire marksagreement with assertive utterances.