Here, there,... et le processus référentiel

There is a general tendency to think that here is the starting point of reference. The pairs here/there and this/that, for instance, are named in the proximal/distal order, which gives the impression that relative placement is assessed from the center outwards.In this paper I hypothesize that, as re...

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Main Author: Patrice Larroque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2009-01-01
Series:Anglophonia
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/acs/12416
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description There is a general tendency to think that here is the starting point of reference. The pairs here/there and this/that, for instance, are named in the proximal/distal order, which gives the impression that relative placement is assessed from the center outwards.In this paper I hypothesize that, as regards reference, there precedes here and that implies this, suggesting a centripetal process pulling in to the center and the speaker’s sphere. Thus the locating and referential operators used by the utterer represent the peripheral situation in the first place. In some non-standard varieties of English the mere evocation of the situational items brings out their existence, an existence which can be negated by the deletion of the reference point and its trace in the utterance.
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spelling doaj-art-81203eabde65493ca7d9379acb50a1622025-01-30T12:33:32ZengPresses Universitaires du MidiAnglophonia1278-33312427-04662009-01-011321922910.4000/anglophonia.904Here, there,... et le processus référentielPatrice LarroqueThere is a general tendency to think that here is the starting point of reference. The pairs here/there and this/that, for instance, are named in the proximal/distal order, which gives the impression that relative placement is assessed from the center outwards.In this paper I hypothesize that, as regards reference, there precedes here and that implies this, suggesting a centripetal process pulling in to the center and the speaker’s sphere. Thus the locating and referential operators used by the utterer represent the peripheral situation in the first place. In some non-standard varieties of English the mere evocation of the situational items brings out their existence, an existence which can be negated by the deletion of the reference point and its trace in the utterance.https://journals.openedition.org/acs/12416deixisreferencenon-standard Englishexistential therereferential operators
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title_full Here, there,... et le processus référentiel
title_fullStr Here, there,... et le processus référentiel
title_full_unstemmed Here, there,... et le processus référentiel
title_short Here, there,... et le processus référentiel
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reference
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