PARATAXE ET GREFFE DANS LE DIALOGUE ORAL EN FRANÇAIS. PRÉAMBULE – RHÈME. INTONATION, REGARD ET GESTE
PARATAX AND GRAFT IN FRENCH ORAL DIALOG. PREAMBLE – RHEME. INTONATION, GAZE AND GESTURE

Summary/Abstract: Paratax and Graft in French Oral Dialog. Preamble – Rheme. Intonation, Gaze and Gesture. Within oral paragraph, delimitated on final syllable by pitch fall, cohesion between constituents and identification of their value is strengthened by gaze direction and hand gestures. The gaze orientation allows to distinguish preamble (gaze away from the listener) and rheme (gaze toward the listener), whereas, if the gaze is directed on the gesture, it expresses a personal unilateral experience. The repetition of the same gesture gives cohesion to the whole oral sequence, which is interpreted later, when all the cues (syntax, intonation, gaze, gesture) appear simultaneously. A graft is thus marked by a falling or low pitch, a self-orientated gesture and a paradoxal conjunction of self-orientated gesture and the addressee’s designation with the second person pronoun toi (you).

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