Analyse descriptive de quelques déictiques temporels du fulfulde : cas des adverbes de temps

Abstract

Adverbs of time are linguistic elements that allow us to situate an action or event in time. They play a fundamental role in the organization of discourse in Fulfulde by indicating the temporality of an event in relation to the moment of utterance or another temporal reference point. Adverbs of time are invariable words that specify when an action takes place. Fulfulde, one of the most widely spoken languages on the African continent, has a set of temporal markers in its linguistic system, including adverbs of time. The question that led to this research is: how do deictic adverbs influence the expression of time in Fulfulde? Thus, in this study, we aim to answer the question of how adverbs of time influence the concept of time in Fulfulde. Therefore, the objective is undoubtedly to inventory and then describe the adverbial markers with temporal value attested in the Fulfulde system of time expression. This study allows us to understand the function and role that temporal adverbs play in expressing time in the language. Our study is situated within the framework of Benveniste's (1970) enunciative linguistics and uses Keita's (2012) model for description.