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This volume provides a broad overview of the question of adverbials at the syntax/discourse interface, covering a variety of different languages – French, English, German, Norwegian and Finnish – and using different frameworks such as Cognitive Grammar, Constructional Grammar, Grammaticalization Theory, experimental approaches and formal approaches developed in Segmented Discourse Representation Theory (SDRT). It offers a rich insight into the functions linked to adverbial positioning. One of the main claims defended in this book is that the initial position itself plays a specific role in discourse cohesion.
At issue is the grammaticalization of this initial position, seen as a privileged locus for categorical changes and for the emergence of various discourse functions of adverbials such as discourse markers, connectives and framing adverbials.
It is hoped that contributions in this volume will lead to a better understanding of the complex interplay of competing motivations affecting the use of adverbials in discourse.
Préface 7
Introduction – Au moment du départ 11
Entre Russie et Europe 19
Kaliningrad, Russie, juillet 2013 21
La défense européenne 29
Brest, France, août 2013 31
L'Europe et ses institutions 37
Bruxelles, Belgique, septembre 2013 39
Le colonialisme et l'Europe multiculturelle 45
Bordeaux, France, septembre 2013 47
L’éducation à l’Europe 53
Bruges, Belgique, septembre 2013 55
La jeunesse européenne 63
Lund, Suède, octobre 2013 65
Les migrations en Europe 71
Sofia, Bulgarie, octobre 2013 73
Une Europe de citoyens 79
Copenhague, Danemark, octobre 2013 81
La montée du populisme 87
Budapest, Hongrie, novembre 2013 89
La solidarité européenne 95
Lisbonne, Portugal, novembre 2013 97
Les mémoires européennes 103
Riga, Lettonie, décembre 2013 105
Le vent se lève 113
Conclusion –Honfleur, France, décembre 2013 115
Remerciements 121