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Papers by Malin Roitman

Revue nordique des études francophones =, Dec 31, 2022

Cette étude s'intéresse à la pragmatique de la négation normative française ne…pas dans les débat... more Cette étude s'intéresse à la pragmatique de la négation normative française ne…pas dans les débats présidentiels français. C'est en examinant la rétention de ne et la suppression de ne dans l'interaction des candidats que nous essaierons de cerner sa fonction pragmatique. Concernant la suppression de ne, cet élément tombe plus avec certaines formes et certains contextes qu'avec d'autres et dans une assez large mesure dans des séquences formulaïques comme c'est pas. La particule ne est par contre plus souvent retenue lorsque le contenu négatif est accentué, ce qui est se produit grâce à des éléments contrastifssémantiques et syntaxiquesdu contexte. Ainsi, la fonction dite renforcée de la négation semble ramener le ne, ce qui coïnciderait avec d'autres études antérieures, entamées sur des corpus d'autres genres et style.

Negatives and Meaning: Social Setting and Pragmatic Effects. Using Negatives in Political Discourse, Social Media and Oral Interaction, Apr 25, 2023

Moderna Sprak, Apr 23, 2021

Festival Romanistica: Contribuciones lingüísticas – Contributions linguistiques – Contributi linguistici – Contribuições linguísticas, 2015

This thesis deals with the polyphonic and argumentative functions of the French negation marker, ... more This thesis deals with the polyphonic and argumentative functions of the French negation marker, ne, in editorial texts from the daily press. The concept ‘polyphony’ relates to the presence of multiple voices within one and the same utterance. According to this view, negation triggers a subdivision of an utterance in two points of view. Thus the sentence Sweden will not be a part of the monetary union can be divided in two points of view, the underlying ‘Sweden will be a part of the monetary union’, and the explicit ‘Sweden will not be a part of the monetary union’.First, I study the polyphonic structure of negative utterances, notably their division in two points of view, by taking into account their specific linguistic features. This is done so as to identify the relevant linguistic criteria that determine the polyphonic interpretation of the negation. The study demonstrates that contextual elements, including pragmatic connectors, presuppositions contrastive elements, and several other devices constitute the primary source of polyphonic markers.Negation is furthermore approached from a textual perspective. I explore how the two opposite points of view that are associated with negation form polyphonic sequences with other points of view carrying the same semantic content, and how these dynamic points of view are associated to the different discourse beings that are found in the newspaper article. I found that these sequences often embrace the central polemic theme of the article and, also, that the polyphonic function is not restricted to the negative utterance but constitutes an element that ensures textual and argumentative coherence. These two analyses are carried out within Jean-Claude Anscombre’s and Oswald Ducrot’s Theory of Structural Argumentation, which has recently been formalised by Kjersti Flottum, Coco Noren and Henning Nolke.Finally in this thesis, I analyse the relation between the discourse beings associated with the negative utterance and real beings that exist outside the text, and then consider what rhetorical implications that correspondence or no correspondence has on the polyphonic interpretation of the negation. I also examine whether polyphonic negation can be considered to be a feature of newspaper editorials that identifies these texts as a genre. This study shows that the locuteur, the discourse being responsible for the enunciation of the negative utterance on a textual level, links to the real being, the editorial writer, who then refutes points of view associated to other discourse beings, often by use of nominalizations that refer to community voices. The locuteur also intrudes into an argument or claim, and refutes it in the name of a community or an authority.By defining genre, as does the media researcher Patrick Charaudeau, as a correspondence between the constraints imposed by the discursive situation and the constraints imposed by the discursive features, and by considering that one of the editorial’s constraints is to persuade its readers, this study shows that the phrasal negation ne in its polyphonic function, constitutes a distinguishing feature in the genre of editorials. The refutations that are made by an editor constitute a distinctive argumentative strategy since it permits the editorial writer to present external points of view in order to refute them and thereby impose his or her own, subjective point of view.

Discourse & Society, 2014

The traditional televised debate remains a decisive event in the French presidential elections. T... more The traditional televised debate remains a decisive event in the French presidential elections. This study aims to examine the ways in which French presidential candidates in 2012 reinforce their credibility, their ethos. More specifically, I will study the use of the pronoun I as used in the debate by the candidates, a text element that refers to a physically present I behind the discourse. This pronoun is essential in the ‘self-presentation’ being developed by candidates in the debates. So, I try to categorize the different types of ‘I’ relating to the concepts of, for example, solidarity, commitment, authority, patriotism. Second, I will analyze the relationship between ethos and rhetorical use of the French sentential negation ne … pas, the most significant and frequently used counter-argumentative tool used in electoral debates. My studies have shown that counter-argumentation by negation is a relevant parameter for determining the type of text (polemic) and the genre (politica...

Configuration polyphonique et strategie rhetorique : Etude sur l'emploi de la negation "... more Configuration polyphonique et strategie rhetorique : Etude sur l'emploi de la negation "ne...pas" dans des editoriaux du "Figaro", de "Liberation" et du "Monde"

Argumentation, 2014

This study focuses on the use and function of refutation in two televised debates during which ca... more This study focuses on the use and function of refutation in two televised debates during which candidates who have reached the second round of the French presidential elections come face to face. The aim of this study is to examine the forms and functions of refutation within the theoretical framework of dialogism. The rhetorical-argumentative functions of refutation and the challenges of this discursive practice in the genre ''televised political debate'' will also be put forward.

Construire son argumentation sur la refutation du discours de l’autre : les debats de l’entre-de... more Construire son argumentation sur la refutation du discours de l’autre : les debats de l’entre-deux-tours