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Le redoublement des sujets en français informel québécois: une approche variationniste

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Julie Auger
Julie Auger*
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Indiana University
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Abstract

This article deals with morphosyntactic variation. Focusing on subject doubling in Québec Colloquial French (QCF), the author argues in favor of a conception of linguistic competence which allows for variation. Various analyses which exclude variation from linguistic competence are considered and rejected, and it is concluded that the alternation between doubled and non-doubled constructions is an integral part of the linguistic competence of QCF speakers. The author then raises the question of the plausibility of an analysis which posits variable subject-verb agreement. She demonstrates that variable agreement systems are common crosslinguistically and that the analysis proposed for QCF is in consequence a quite reasonable one. Finally, an analysis is sketched within Chomsky’s Minimalist Program, showing that current linguistic theory is equipped for handling language-internal morphosyntactic variation.

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Cet article se penche sur le problème de la variation en morphosyntaxe. À partir d’une étude de cas centrée sur le redoublement des sujets en français informel québécois (FIQ), l’auteure argumente en faveur d’une conception de la compétence linguistique qui inclut la variation linguistique. Différentes analyses qui évacuent la variation de la compétence linguistique sont considérées et rejetées et l’auteure conclut que l’alternance entre structures redoublées et non redoublées fait partie intégrante de la compétence linguistique des locuteurs du FIQ. La question de l’étrangeté d’une analyse qui propose un système d’accord grammatical variable est ensuite soulevée. Il est alors démontré que les systèmes d’accord variables sont communs dans plusieurs langues et que l’analyse proposée pour le FIQ n’est par conséquent ni exotique, ni invraisemblable. Finalement, une esquisse d’analyse dans le cadre du programme minimaliste de Chomsky établit que nous disposons présentement des outils linguistiques pour rendre compte de la variation morphosyntaxique.

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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 43 , Special Issue 01 1: Grammaire et variation , March 1998 , pp. 37 - 63
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1998

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