Variation et changement, quelles corrélations ?

Christiane Marchello-Nizia: Variation et changement, quelles corrélations? We examine the relations between linguistic variation and change. Analyzing the evolution of demonstratives in French, we consider more particularly two questions: a) the conditions of emergence of variation, in synchrony, and b) the conditions in which a certain variation is selected as an element of change, in diachrony.Marchello-Nizia Christiane. Variation et changement, quelles corrélations ?. In: Langue française, n°115, 1997. La variation en syntaxe, sous la direction de Françoise Gadet. pp. 111-124