Oppermann-Marsaux, Evelyne

Les origines du présentatif voici/voilà et son évolution jusqu'à la fin du xvie siècle - 2006.


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This paper deals with the different variants of the presentative form voici/voilà in Medieval French (mainly: ve(e)z ci/la, veci/vela, voici/voilà) and examines how their uses changed between the 11th century and the end of the 16th century. Describing the decrease of ve(e)z ci and the rise of the modern variants voici/voilà, as well as the growing importance of the variants including the adverb là, it stresses the relationship that may be established between these morphosyntactical changes and the evolution of the enunciative properties of the presentative form.