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This paper aims to provide a description of a metalinguistic use of simplement, one which occurs primarily in ce n'est pas que P simplement Q constructions. The two main points that will be raised concern the nature and function of the negation preceding P, and the meaning of simplement, which, following Anscombre and Ducrot, I will construe in procedural terms.
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Nyan, T. Simplement, as a Metalinguistic Operator. Argumentation 13, 275–295 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007819813261
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