Ponctuation médiévale, pragmatique et énonciation. Lire l’Ovide moralisé au XIVe siècle
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Universidad de Salamanca
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ISSN: 0246-8743, 2118-9692
Year of publication: 2016
Pages: 113-145
Type: Article
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Abstract
This article aims to examine the pragmatic and enunciative approach of contemporary punctuation forthe analysis of punctuation marks in medieval French. Based on the tools of Pragmatics, the study ofthe scribal writing practices in a richly punctuated copy of the Ovide moralisé (ms. BnF, fr. 24305)allows us to explain the linguistic function of certain marks, which has often become opaque orinsignificant for the contemporary reader of the manuscript. We analyse five types of readinginstructions: punctuation and word sequencing, the punctuation of an utterance in relation with the unitof versification, the graphic treatment given to et as a conjunction and an argumentative connector, theuse of the punctus interrogativus as a contribution to the orthographical history of the interrogationmark in French, and lastly, the polyphony signs or discursive marks in quotation of narrative voices.
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