From imperfect agreement to disagreement : conceder "(to concede)… mais (but)"

  • Christiane Marque Pucheu Sorbonne Université

Abstract

To concede firstly means “admitting/acknowledging” something based on a statement X from a source L1 other than the speaker L2 who concedes, the meaning of a proposition P included in X. But if L2 acknowledges P, he does not accept the conclusion expected by L1, because conceder (to concede) generally implies a mais (but). Concéder (to concede)… mais (but) then opens the way to a concessive sequence introducing a conclusion Q2, which is different from conclusion Q1 resulting from P (the one expected by L1). In a pragmatic, semantic approach we show how, whilst raising disagreement on a point with an interlocutor, to concede introduces a part agreement, then a second disagreement with the interlocutor. The logical relationship reflecting this second disagreement between Q2 and Q1 will differ depending on the corresponding type of concessive – logical, corrective or argumentative.

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Christiane Marque Pucheu, Sorbonne Université

UFR de langue française Maître de conférences émérite

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Published
2019-06-05
How to Cite
Marque Pucheu C. (2019). From imperfect agreement to disagreement : conceder "(to concede)… mais (but)". Thélème. Revista Complutense de Estudios Franceses, 34(1), 77-98. https://doi.org/10.5209/thel.64159