La négation dans les proverbes

.Silvia Palma (Universite de Reims) : The Negation in Proverbs In this article, proverbs are considered from a purely linguistic point of view, and within the frame of the theory of argumentation in language (Anscombre & Ducrot) and the theory of topoi (Anscombre eds, 1995). As linguistic items close to names, proverbs can qualify a situation through a stereotypical frame. The situation will then be considered as a representative (or not representative) case of the stereotype involved in the proverb. The article focuses on negative proverbs that show a negation because of their rich enunciative structure (negation being a preeminently polyphonic context). We finally suggest, for the proverbs with a negation, a classification mainly based on their enunciative structure.Palma Silvia. La négation dans les proverbes. In: Langages, 34ᵉ année, n°139, 2000. La parole proverbiale, sous la direction de Jean-Claude Anscombre. pp. 59-68