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French voici and voilà: A reply to Bouchard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2026

Yves-Charles Morin
Yves-Charles Morin*
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Université de Montréal
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Abstract

Bouchard 1988 offers a new theoretical analysis which addresses a problem raised by Morin 1985. However, his analysis is based on incorrect premises. Contrary to Bouchard's central claim, there exists at least one variety of French in which subjectless voilà has a person marker, namely the Marais-Vendéen dialect.

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Reply
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Language , Volume 64 , Issue 1 , March 1988, pp. 101 - 103
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Copyright © 1988 by Linguistic Society of America

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