Liesbeth Degand
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 800723 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Liesbeth Degand |
| PRENOMES | Liesbeth |
| SOBRENOME | Degand |
| ASSINATURA | DEGAND L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | UCLouvain |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1062-9243 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 99 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1998 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Connectives in French
The study of French connectives has undergone significant evolution since the 1970s, with foundational research paving the way for the development of key concepts in discourse and pragmatics. This contribution provides an in‐depth examination of various French connectives, focusing on their linguistic functions, syntactic behaviors, and cross‐linguistic comparisons. It highlights the distinction between objective and subjective discourse relation…
As if grammar, discourse and prosody don’t interact
This study examines hypothetical manner (HM) clauses in spoken English and Dutch. In both languages, HM clauses can assume different levels of grammatical and discursive (in)dependence, and different semantic-pragmatic functions. This study examines whether the grammatical-discursive configurations that English and Dutch allow for are associated with different prosodic profiles. To this end, the study investigates not just prosodic integration of…
Engagement and strategic alignment in academic talks across languages and disciplines
Engagement strategies in academic talks highlight how speakers position and manage their target audience, facilitating the effective communication of their academic stances. The present study investigates engagement strategies in academic talks delivered in L1 Mandarin Chinese and two varieties of English: L1 English and English as a lingua franca (ELF). Three corpora comprising 90 academic talks in the humanities and social sciences serve as the…
A contrastive study of hedging in English and Chinese academic spoken discourse
This study sets out to discuss the distribution and linguistic features of hedging strategy, investigating how they are realized in L1 English, English as a lingua franca (ELF), and L1 Chinese within the academic spoken genre. To this end, a systematic procedure for identifying hedging devices was developed, applied to two languages and an international variety. Results indicate functional diversity in hedging conventions, with L1 English exhibit…
Variation des structures syntaxiques en français parlé
Discourse Markers as Cues for Topic Shift Interpretation
Despite the complex terminological panorama regarding discourse markers (hereafter DMs) and the elusiveness of the notion of discourse topic, the relationship between these linguistic phenomena is a long-standing one. Descriptions linking the two are present in early work on DMs and are still the subject of ongoing discussion. Often, however, these characterisations, which present certain DMs as cues for topic management in interaction, are made …
From implicit to explicit
The presence of discourse relations can be marked explicitly with lexical items such as specialized and underspecified connectives or left implicit. It is now well established that the presence of specialized connective facilitates the processing of these relations. The question is to gauge how different degrees of explicitness affect the processing of discourse relations. This study investigates this question with respect to two relations, which…
Unclogging the Bottleneck
The Bottleneck Hypothesis argues that properties of inflectional morphology explain why second-language learners may face persistent difficulties in articulating meaning in target-language forms. In particular, the acquisition task proves even harder when first and second languages differ in the way they organize the mapping of functional features onto inflectional morphemes. Against this backdrop, the present study focuses on the interplay betwe…
Co-occurrence and ordering of discourse markers in sequences
What type of subjectivity lies behind French causal connectives? A corpus-based comparative investigation of car and parce que
In French, the difference between the causal connectives parce que and car is traditionally related to the prototypical causal relations they are meant to convey. The main claim is that car conveys more subjective relations and is also used in higher register language, whereas parce que is equally well-suited to both types of relations. In line with recent studies, this contribution questions the clear-cut distinction between the two connectives …
Spontaneous spoken English
Reviewed by: Spontaneous spoken English: An integrated approach to the emergent grammar of speech by Alexander Haselow Liesbeth Degand Spontaneous spoken English: An integrated approach to the emergent grammar of speech. By Alexander Haselow. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. 326. ISBN 9781108417211. $110 (Hb). In his monograph, Alexander Haselow outlines a model for the grammatical description of spontaneous spoken English as it e…
Discourse Markers as Turn-Transition Devices
In this article we investigate the relation between discourse markers and turn-transition strategies in face-to-face conversations and Instant Messaging (IM), that is, unplanned, real-time, text-based, computer-mediated communication. By means of a quantitative corpus study of utterances containing a discourse marker, we show that utterance-final discourse markers are used more often in IM than in face-to-face conversations. Moreover, utterance-f…
Variation de la durée des pauses silencieuses
Dans cette contribution, nous cherchons à rendre compte de la fréquence et de la durée des pauses silencieuses en fonction de leur localisation dans la chaîne parlée, de leur combinaison avec d’autres disfluences et de la situation de parole dans laquelle elles sont produites. À partir de l’analyse de 4 845 pauses silencieuses extraites d’un corpus (durée 3 h 38 min) représentant 14 situations de parole contrastées, nous montrons que la localisat…
French Connectives
An overview is given of pioneering work in the field of French connectives. Among the seminal notions and distinctions introduced in descriptive studies of French connectives are (1) the distinction between objective and subjective readings of causal relations; (2) the notion of procedural meaning of connectives; and (3) language‐specific semantic distributions of connectives. The entry closes with discussion of the ongoing LEXCONN project, which…
Advanced learners’ comprehension of discourse connectives
Discourse connectives are important indicators of textual coherence, and mastering them is an essential part of acquiring a language. In this article, we compare advanced learners’ sensitivity to the meaning conveyed by connectives in an off-line grammaticality judgment task and an on-line reading experiment using eye-tracking. We also assess the influence of first language (L1) transfer by comparing learners’ comprehension of two non-native-like…
Grammaticalization or pragmaticalization of discourse markers
Discourse markers are a crucial component of natural language, which is why a description and account of their diachronic evolution must be part of our linguistic models. However, researchers have different views on whether this evolution should be accounted for in terms of grammaticalization and/or pragmaticalization. In this paper, we provide a structured overview of the accounts given for the diachronic evolution of DMs. It is shown that the d…
Forme et fonction de la périphérie gauche dans un corpus oral multigenres annoté
La présente contribution propose une étude de la périphérie gauche au sein d’un corpus oral multigenres, représentant douze activités de communication orale, annoté syntaxiquement et prosodiquement. La segmentation discursive du corpus en unités de base du discours (BDU) résulte d’une coïncidence entre unités syntaxiques et prosodiques, correspondant à des encodages linguistiques distincts mais complémentaires. Partant du postulat selon lequel ce…
Discourse Markers and Modal Particles
Discourse markers and modal particles are fuzzy linguistic categories that are difficult to describe. The contributions in this volume go beyond this statement. They discuss the intersection between modal particles and discourse markers and examine whether or not it is possible to draw a line between these two types of linguistic expressions. On the basis of new synchronic and diachronic data, from speech and writing, from European and Asian lang…
Have you seen what I mean
The aim of this contribution is to investigate, by means of a diachronic multi-genre corpus-based approach (Academic, Narrative, and Present-day Spoken French), whether the historical functional shift from the propositional domain to the causal/pragmatic domain of linguistic expressions correlates with their semantic shift from primarily conceptual to primarily procedural content. Our analysis concentrates on two discourse markers derived from th…
Competing connectives in the causal domain
Alors between discourse and grammar
This paper presents an in-depth study of the semantics of the French discourse marker alors ‘at that time, then, so’. Its evolution from temporal adverbial with local anaphoric meaning to polysemous marker including conversation management uses in spoken French is traced through a systematic diachronic corpus analysis. Of particular interest in this perspective is the relationship between the different meanings of alors and the position it occupi…
Introduction
Historical and comparative perspectives on subjectification
In this article, we focus on the diachronic development of causal connectives\nand investigate whether subjectification occurs. We present the results of ongoing\nand previous corpus-based analyses of the diachronic development of\nDutch want and omdat, and French car and parce que, all four causal connectives\nroughly meaning â becauseâ . In addition, we try to show that â grammaticalization\nstudies can gain from the systematic and principled u…
Adversative discourse markers in contrast
This paper deals with the semantics of two discourse markers, viz. French en fait (“in fact”) and Dutch eigenlijk (“actually”), commonly associated with the expression of “opposition” and “reformulation”. A special focus lies on methodological issues in the description of such markers, since their non-propositional meanings seem to require what is called a ‘combined corpus approach’, including written and spoken comparable data as well as transla…
Sequencers in different text genres
Grammaticalization or pragmaticalization of discourse markers
Discourse markers are a crucial component of natural language, which is why a description and account of their diachronic evolution must be part of our linguistic models. However, researchers have different views on whether this evolution should be accounted for in terms of grammaticalization and/or pragmaticalization. In this paper, we provide a structured overview of the accounts given for the diachronic evolution of DMs. It is shown that the d…
Advanced learners’ comprehension of discourse connectives
Discourse connectives are important indicators of textual coherence, and mastering them is an essential part of acquiring a language. In this article, we compare advanced learners’ sensitivity to the meaning conveyed by connectives in an off-line grammaticality judgment task and an on-line reading experiment using eye-tracking. We also assess the influence of first language (L1) transfer by comparing learners’ comprehension of two non-native-like…
Competing connectives in the causal domain
Sequencers in different text genres
Variation de la durée des pauses silencieuses
Dans cette contribution, nous cherchons à rendre compte de la fréquence et de la durée des pauses silencieuses en fonction de leur localisation dans la chaîne parlée, de leur combinaison avec d’autres disfluences et de la situation de parole dans laquelle elles sont produites. À partir de l’analyse de 4 845 pauses silencieuses extraites d’un corpus (durée 3 h 38 min) représentant 14 situations de parole contrastées, nous montrons que la localisat…
Adversative discourse markers in contrast
This paper deals with the semantics of two discourse markers, viz. French en fait (“in fact”) and Dutch eigenlijk (“actually”), commonly associated with the expression of “opposition” and “reformulation”. A special focus lies on methodological issues in the description of such markers, since their non-propositional meanings seem to require what is called a ‘combined corpus approach’, including written and spoken comparable data as well as transla…
Introduction
Causal connectives or causal prepositions? Discursive constraints
Discourse Markers as Turn-Transition Devices
In this article we investigate the relation between discourse markers and turn-transition strategies in face-to-face conversations and Instant Messaging (IM), that is, unplanned, real-time, text-based, computer-mediated communication. By means of a quantitative corpus study of utterances containing a discourse marker, we show that utterance-final discourse markers are used more often in IM than in face-to-face conversations. Moreover, utterance-f…
Co-occurrence and ordering of discourse markers in sequences
Toward Automatic Determination of the Semantics of Connectives in Large Newspaper Corpora
We explored the possibility of using automatic techniques to analyze the use of backward causal connectives in large Dutch newspaper corpora. With the help of 2 techniques, Latent Semantic Analysis and Thematic Text Analysis, the contexts of more than 14,000 connectives were studied. The method of analysis is described. We found that differences that have been suggested in the literature via hand-based analyses between these types of connectives …
Assignment of grammatical functions in French relative clauses
Have you seen what I mean
The aim of this contribution is to investigate, by means of a diachronic multi-genre corpus-based approach (Academic, Narrative, and Present-day Spoken French), whether the historical functional shift from the propositional domain to the causal/pragmatic domain of linguistic expressions correlates with their semantic shift from primarily conceptual to primarily procedural content. Our analysis concentrates on two discourse markers derived from th…
Historical and comparative perspectives on subjectification
In this article, we focus on the diachronic development of causal connectives\nand investigate whether subjectification occurs. We present the results of ongoing\nand previous corpus-based analyses of the diachronic development of\nDutch want and omdat, and French car and parce que, all four causal connectives\nroughly meaning â becauseâ . In addition, we try to show that â grammaticalization\nstudies can gain from the systematic and principled u…
Assignment of grammatical functions in French relative clauses
Contextual constraints on causal sequencing in informational texts
When expressing a causative situation, one of the choices speakers/ writers have to make is whether the cause or the consequence should be the starting point of the causal utterance, i.e. how the two elements should be ordered with respect to each other. This article discusses a number of discursive constraints that seem to play a role in the selection of either forward causal constructions (CAUSE connective CONSEQUENCE) or postposed or preposed …
Causal connectives or causal prepositions? Discursive constraints
Scaling causal relations and connectives in terms of speaker involvement
This article presents a scalar approach to the semantics and distribution of causal connectives in Dutch and French. The proposed scale is called the speaker-involvement scale, and is defined in terms of the degree of implicit involvement of the speaker in the construction of the causal relation. First, a number of causal coherence relations identified in the literature are reanalyzed in terms of increasing speaker involvement, yielding the follo…
Surface Cues of Content and Tenor in Texts
Toward Automatic Determination of the Semantics of Connectives in Large Newspaper Corpora
We explored the possibility of using automatic techniques to analyze the use of backward causal connectives in large Dutch newspaper corpora. With the help of 2 techniques, Latent Semantic Analysis and Thematic Text Analysis, the contexts of more than 14,000 connectives were studied. The method of analysis is described. We found that differences that have been suggested in the literature via hand-based analyses between these types of connectives …
Sequencers in different text genres
Adversative discourse markers in contrast
This paper deals with the semantics of two discourse markers, viz. French en fait (“in fact”) and Dutch eigenlijk (“actually”), commonly associated with the expression of “opposition” and “reformulation”. A special focus lies on methodological issues in the description of such markers, since their non-propositional meanings seem to require what is called a ‘combined corpus approach’, including written and spoken comparable data as well as transla…
Alors between discourse and grammar
This paper presents an in-depth study of the semantics of the French discourse marker alors ‘at that time, then, so’. Its evolution from temporal adverbial with local anaphoric meaning to polysemous marker including conversation management uses in spoken French is traced through a systematic diachronic corpus analysis. Of particular interest in this perspective is the relationship between the different meanings of alors and the position it occupi…
Introduction
Historical and comparative perspectives on subjectification
In this article, we focus on the diachronic development of causal connectives\nand investigate whether subjectification occurs. We present the results of ongoing\nand previous corpus-based analyses of the diachronic development of\nDutch want and omdat, and French car and parce que, all four causal connectives\nroughly meaning â becauseâ . In addition, we try to show that â grammaticalization\nstudies can gain from the systematic and principled u…
Competing connectives in the causal domain
Discourse Markers and Modal Particles
Discourse markers and modal particles are fuzzy linguistic categories that are difficult to describe. The contributions in this volume go beyond this statement. They discuss the intersection between modal particles and discourse markers and examine whether or not it is possible to draw a line between these two types of linguistic expressions. On the basis of new synchronic and diachronic data, from speech and writing, from European and Asian lang…
Have you seen what I mean
The aim of this contribution is to investigate, by means of a diachronic multi-genre corpus-based approach (Academic, Narrative, and Present-day Spoken French), whether the historical functional shift from the propositional domain to the causal/pragmatic domain of linguistic expressions correlates with their semantic shift from primarily conceptual to primarily procedural content. Our analysis concentrates on two discourse markers derived from th…
Forme et fonction de la périphérie gauche dans un corpus oral multigenres annoté
La présente contribution propose une étude de la périphérie gauche au sein d’un corpus oral multigenres, représentant douze activités de communication orale, annoté syntaxiquement et prosodiquement. La segmentation discursive du corpus en unités de base du discours (BDU) résulte d’une coïncidence entre unités syntaxiques et prosodiques, correspondant à des encodages linguistiques distincts mais complémentaires. Partant du postulat selon lequel ce…
Advanced learners’ comprehension of discourse connectives
Discourse connectives are important indicators of textual coherence, and mastering them is an essential part of acquiring a language. In this article, we compare advanced learners’ sensitivity to the meaning conveyed by connectives in an off-line grammaticality judgment task and an on-line reading experiment using eye-tracking. We also assess the influence of first language (L1) transfer by comparing learners’ comprehension of two non-native-like…
Grammaticalization or pragmaticalization of discourse markers
Discourse markers are a crucial component of natural language, which is why a description and account of their diachronic evolution must be part of our linguistic models. However, researchers have different views on whether this evolution should be accounted for in terms of grammaticalization and/or pragmaticalization. In this paper, we provide a structured overview of the accounts given for the diachronic evolution of DMs. It is shown that the d…
French Connectives
An overview is given of pioneering work in the field of French connectives. Among the seminal notions and distinctions introduced in descriptive studies of French connectives are (1) the distinction between objective and subjective readings of causal relations; (2) the notion of procedural meaning of connectives; and (3) language‐specific semantic distributions of connectives. The entry closes with discussion of the ongoing LEXCONN project, which…
Discourse Markers as Turn-Transition Devices
In this article we investigate the relation between discourse markers and turn-transition strategies in face-to-face conversations and Instant Messaging (IM), that is, unplanned, real-time, text-based, computer-mediated communication. By means of a quantitative corpus study of utterances containing a discourse marker, we show that utterance-final discourse markers are used more often in IM than in face-to-face conversations. Moreover, utterance-f…
Variation de la durée des pauses silencieuses
Dans cette contribution, nous cherchons à rendre compte de la fréquence et de la durée des pauses silencieuses en fonction de leur localisation dans la chaîne parlée, de leur combinaison avec d’autres disfluences et de la situation de parole dans laquelle elles sont produites. À partir de l’analyse de 4 845 pauses silencieuses extraites d’un corpus (durée 3 h 38 min) représentant 14 situations de parole contrastées, nous montrons que la localisat…
Spontaneous spoken English
Reviewed by: Spontaneous spoken English: An integrated approach to the emergent grammar of speech by Alexander Haselow Liesbeth Degand Spontaneous spoken English: An integrated approach to the emergent grammar of speech. By Alexander Haselow. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. 326. ISBN 9781108417211. $110 (Hb). In his monograph, Alexander Haselow outlines a model for the grammatical description of spontaneous spoken English as it e…
What type of subjectivity lies behind French causal connectives? A corpus-based comparative investigation of car and parce que
In French, the difference between the causal connectives parce que and car is traditionally related to the prototypical causal relations they are meant to convey. The main claim is that car conveys more subjective relations and is also used in higher register language, whereas parce que is equally well-suited to both types of relations. In line with recent studies, this contribution questions the clear-cut distinction between the two connectives …
Unclogging the Bottleneck
The Bottleneck Hypothesis argues that properties of inflectional morphology explain why second-language learners may face persistent difficulties in articulating meaning in target-language forms. In particular, the acquisition task proves even harder when first and second languages differ in the way they organize the mapping of functional features onto inflectional morphemes. Against this backdrop, the present study focuses on the interplay betwe…
Co-occurrence and ordering of discourse markers in sequences
From implicit to explicit
The presence of discourse relations can be marked explicitly with lexical items such as specialized and underspecified connectives or left implicit. It is now well established that the presence of specialized connective facilitates the processing of these relations. The question is to gauge how different degrees of explicitness affect the processing of discourse relations. This study investigates this question with respect to two relations, which…
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