The gradual pragmaticalisation of the latter allows it to be used in a greater number of contexts and thus increase in frequency.
The Factor “Modern/Camaraderie”, interestingly, combines diachronic developments of two sorts, however the spread of the sociolinguistically stigmatised quoi and the more intralinguistically-motivated spread of bon. The most recent corpus, and in particular its youngest speakers, have higher rates of “Modern/Camaraderie” and lower rates of “Tradition/Formality”.
A Factor Analysis yields three Factors, labelled “Normal/Deferent”, “Modern/ Camaraderie” and “Tradition/Formality”. This article takes a sociolinguistic approach to the study of the co-variation of a set of frequently occurring markers in three corpora of spoken French, dated 1968, 19.
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