Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

le proférent

English translation:

Speech act

Added to glossary by Yassine El Bouknify
Jun 14, 2023 13:50
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French term

le proférent

French to English Other Linguistics Election vocabulary
In articles about election and voting vocabulary from Ancient Rome to modern times. This section about Emmanuel Macron and his political speeches. Context "Aux limites de la sémantique référentielle, nous proposons une sémantique **proférentielle** pour décrypter le discours d’Emmanuel Macron. Aux limites du référent politique, nous proposons avec Thierry Melchior (1998) ou Clément Viktorovitch (2021) **le proférent**. What is the meaning of "proférent" here, and what is the difference between "proférent" and "référent", and "proférentielle" and "référentielle"? Any help gratefully received!
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Jun 16, 2023 16:55: Yassine El Bouknify Created KOG entry

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Yassine El Bouknify Jun 14, 2023:
In the provided passage, the authors propose a "sémantique proférentielle" to decipher Emmanuel Macron's political discourse. This indicates that they are employing an analytical approach that focuses on understanding the speech acts and the intentions behind the words used by Macron. By contrast, the "sémantique référentielle" would primarily concentrate on the denotative aspects of language, such as identifying the political referents in his speech.
Yassine El Bouknify Jun 14, 2023:
A possible explanation that might help you
In the given context, "proférent" is a term used in the field of linguistics to describe a semantic aspect related to the discourse or speech act of a person. Specifically, it refers to the act of producing or uttering speech.

The distinction between "proférent" and "référent" lies in their focus within linguistic analysis. While "proférent" pertains to the speech act itself, "référent" refers to the referential or denotative aspect of language, the object or concept to which a word or phrase refers.

Similarly, the terms "proférentielle" and "référentielle" reflect the adjectival forms of "proférent" and "référent" respectively, emphasizing the nature or characteristics of the speech act or reference. "Proférentielle" relates to the semantic analysis of speech acts, while "référentielle" pertains to the semantic analysis of reference.
Jean-Marie Le Ray Jun 14, 2023:
au sens de proférer ? le proférent, qui profère (juste une idée)

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The speech act

The speech act theory, which is a prominent concept in the field of linguistics and philosophy of language, was primarily developed by philosophers J.L. Austin and John Searle.
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the drafter

I am not an expert, so, consider this a suggestion I hope will do.
The drafter of a contract, e.g, is the "proférent", the part whose interests may be harmed if any ambiguous agreement or term should be invoked.
The referential semantic occurs when a noun just refers to correspondent straight meaning.
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http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zaFGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT161&lpg...

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So it's the opposite of referential. You could say 'proferential, as opposed to referential' and add a few words of explanation.

My reference uses Donald Trump's famous 'covfefe', a word that didn't previously exist but which brought an idea into being.
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