Abstract
<p>The article aims to show the role of the context and the situation of speaking (communication situation) in the process of updating the meaning of phraseological units (fixed expressions). It has been observed that in communication, disambiguation usually takes place by means of context. On the other hand, it turned out that the context itself can be a source of ambiguity. The results obtained in this short study seem to confirm the claim that the update is essentially a modal process, and the semantic coherence results from the interweaving of language, pragmatic, socio-cultural and cognitive constraints.</p>
Highlights
On admet traditionnellement que, selon un mécanisme prévu en langue, l’actualisation fait passer « une représentation virtuelle » dans la parole (Bally, 1932, p. 119; TLFi)
The article aims to show the role of the context
that the context itself can be a source of ambiguity
Summary
Selon un mécanisme prévu en langue, l’actualisation fait passer « une représentation virtuelle » dans la parole (Bally, 1932, p. 119; TLFi). La cohérence entre le sens de l’expression toute faite et le contexte est assurée par l’enchaînement thématique des mots co-présents : On nettoie les écuries d’Augias
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