French television talk: what tenses for past time?:What tenses for past time?

Abstract

On the basis of a transcribed French television corpus made of two news bulletins, two chat shows and one literary programme recorded in February 2003, this paper explores the claim that passé simple (PS) may still be used in prepared oral discourse (Pfister 1974). The corpus does not provide support for that use on television, but it seems to suggest a shift from temporal to aspectual features in French television talk: a perfective presentation prevails on a past presentation. This trend would need to be confirmed by a larger television corpus, tested in other types of oral discourse and tested on written corpora.

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College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities
Publication ISSN: 1569-9811
Last Modified: 29 Nov 2023 10:08
Date Deposited: 16 Nov 2009 11:24
Full Text Link: 10.1075/ijcl.11.1.02lab
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Published Date: 2006
Authors: Labeau, Emannuelle

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