%0 Journal Article
%T The "Fame Effect" or How the syntactic choices of writers can be explained by their assumptions about their addressees' state of knowledge: the case of relevance-oriented, non-restrictive noun modifiers
%A Rudy Loock
%J Discours : Revue de Linguistique, Psycholinguistique et Informatique
%D 2010
%I Universit¨¦ Paris Sorbonne-Paris IV
%R 10.4000/discours.8027
%X In this paper we would like to explore, within Vallduv¨ª¡¯s (1992, 1993) information packaging theory, how writers¡¯ assumptions about their addressees¡¯ state of knowledge can account for the choice writers make between competing syntactic structures, which we call ¡°allostructures¡±, to convey the same informational content. The assumed old/new informational status has then an influence on the grammatical choices made by the writers. In particular we investigate here, using the web as corpus, the constraints that govern writers¡¯ choice between the following non-restrictive modifiers of nouns that aim at optimizing the relevance (as defined by Sperber & Wilson) of the referents denoted by the nouns they modify: nominal appositives, appositive relative clauses, non-restrictive pre-modifiers. Cet article explore la fa on dont les hypoth¨¨ses de l¡¯¨¦nonciateur sur les connaissances de son / ses destinataire(s) peuvent avoir une influence sur ses choix entre des structures syntaxiques concurrentes (ou   allostructures  ) afin de v¨¦hiculer un contenu informationnel donn¨¦. Le statut informationnel ancien / nouveau suppos¨¦ aura alors une influence sur les choix grammaticaux effectu¨¦s par celui-ci. Dans le cadre de la th¨¦orie de l¡¯information packaging telle que d¨¦velopp¨¦e par Vallduv¨ª (1992, 1993) et ¨¤ partir d¡¯une ¨¦tude de corpus qui utilise l¡¯internet comme source principale, nous ¨¦tudions en particulier les contraintes qui r¨¦gissent le choix entre des modifieurs non restrictifs ¨¤ vis¨¦e de pertinence (au sens de Sperber et Wilson), ¨¤ savoir les propositions subordonn¨¦es relatives appositives, les appositions nominales, et les pr¨¦modifieurs.
%K informational status
%K familiarity
%K relevance
%K appositive relative clauses
%K nominal appositives
%K allostructures
%K information packaging
%K web as corpus
%K statut informationnel
%K familiarit¨¦
%K pertinence
%K relatives appositives
%K apposition nominale
%K allostructures
%K information packaging
%K internet comme corpus
%U http://discours.revues.org/8027