Concession, intensité assertive et argumentation – étude comparée de deux constructions concessives en anglais

The main purpose of this article is to examine the difference between two concessive constructions in contemporary English: the clause introduced by ALTHOUGH (ALTHOUGH+P) in initial position before the main clause and MAY-BUT. This study takes into account, not only the well-known characteristic fea...

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Main Authors: Stéphane Gresset, Gérard Mélis
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Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2020-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/3071
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description The main purpose of this article is to examine the difference between two concessive constructions in contemporary English: the clause introduced by ALTHOUGH (ALTHOUGH+P) in initial position before the main clause and MAY-BUT. This study takes into account, not only the well-known characteristic features of concession as an argumentative process (the deconstruction of an inferential relation between two propositions, and intersubjectivity), but also another feature, namely the degree of assertiveness assigned to the propositional contents involved in the concessive process.By comparing examples where these two constructions are interchangeable and others where, on the contrary, only one construction is acceptable, we hypothesize that, if the purpose of both these concessive constructions is clearly to highlight one propositional content, the degree of assertiveness associated with that content varies depending on the choice of construction. In other words, and this is what we plan to demonstrate through a detailed analysis of contextualized examples, these two constructions implement different argumentative strategies.
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spelling doaj-art-b9bfe5fd46214672ba182c6fba6561892025-01-30T12:32:57ZengPresses Universitaires du MidiAnglophonia1278-33312427-04662020-12-012910.4000/anglophonia.3071Concession, intensité assertive et argumentation – étude comparée de deux constructions concessives en anglaisStéphane GressetGérard MélisThe main purpose of this article is to examine the difference between two concessive constructions in contemporary English: the clause introduced by ALTHOUGH (ALTHOUGH+P) in initial position before the main clause and MAY-BUT. This study takes into account, not only the well-known characteristic features of concession as an argumentative process (the deconstruction of an inferential relation between two propositions, and intersubjectivity), but also another feature, namely the degree of assertiveness assigned to the propositional contents involved in the concessive process.By comparing examples where these two constructions are interchangeable and others where, on the contrary, only one construction is acceptable, we hypothesize that, if the purpose of both these concessive constructions is clearly to highlight one propositional content, the degree of assertiveness associated with that content varies depending on the choice of construction. In other words, and this is what we plan to demonstrate through a detailed analysis of contextualized examples, these two constructions implement different argumentative strategies.https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/3071argumentationassertionconcessionintensityALTHOUGHMAY–BUT
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Concession, intensité assertive et argumentation – étude comparée de deux constructions concessives en anglais
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argumentation
assertion
concession
intensity
ALTHOUGH
MAY–BUT
title Concession, intensité assertive et argumentation – étude comparée de deux constructions concessives en anglais
title_full Concession, intensité assertive et argumentation – étude comparée de deux constructions concessives en anglais
title_fullStr Concession, intensité assertive et argumentation – étude comparée de deux constructions concessives en anglais
title_full_unstemmed Concession, intensité assertive et argumentation – étude comparée de deux constructions concessives en anglais
title_short Concession, intensité assertive et argumentation – étude comparée de deux constructions concessives en anglais
title_sort concession intensite assertive et argumentation etude comparee de deux constructions concessives en anglais
topic argumentation
assertion
concession
intensity
ALTHOUGH
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