VIITOR ȘI ANTICIPARE
FUTURE AND ANTICIPATION

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the use of future tense in Jules Verne’s novels De la Terre à la Lune et Autour de la Lune. A sort of « plausible future » (future de la vraisemblance) appears to be contextdependent. All forms of future tense are studied on a quantitative level. As for their semantic values, different types are identified thanks to the discursive interpretation of contextual items: empathetic future (futur empathique); straight future (futur de franchise); double future (futur à deux plans); hypothetical future (futur d’hypothèse). Moreover, the complementary interpretation of some temporal indicators in Verne mostly explains the difference between categorical future and periphrastic future.

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