| Title | Position du syntagme Wh- en français : réelle optionnalité ou biais sociolinguistique ? |
| Publication Type | Article de revue |
| Année de publication | 2018 |
| Authors | Thiberge, Gabriel |
| Journal | ELIS - Échanges Linguistiques en Sorbonne, Université Paris Sorbonne |
| Pagination | 64-91 |
| Date de publication | 06/2018 |
| Other Numbers | halshs-01802590 |
| Keywords | bias, experimental linguistics, French, fronted, in situ, optionality, partial interrogatives, preference, sociolinguistics, Wh-phrases |
| Abstract | French optionality with regards to the realization of Wh-phrases in interrogative clauses is a well known phenomenon, with the Wh-phrase in situ or fronted. Native speakers’ preference for the in situ position in spontaneous informal production, mostly oral, has already been established. Two new experiments show a perceptive bias in written form in native speakers, who either stigmatize this position or prefer the more formal fronted construction with verb-subject inversion. This bias, of socio-linguistic origin, must be considered when creating and analyzing experiments related to interrogative clauses of French. |
| URL | https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01802590 |