Oswald Ducrot (born 27 November 1930) is a French

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

. He was a professor and former research fellow at

CNRS The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...

. He is currently a professor (''directeur d'études'') at the

Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (french: École des hautes études en sciences sociales; EHESS) is a graduate ''grande école'' and ''grand établissement'' in Paris focused on academic research in the social sciences. The ...

(EHESS) in Paris. He is the author of a number of works, particularly on enunciation. He developed a theory of argumentation in language with Jean-Claude Anscombre.

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* with

Tzvetan Todorov Tzvetan Todorov (; ; bg, Цветан Тодоров; 1 March 1939 – 7 February 2017) was a Bulgarian- French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist. He was the author of many books and essays, which ...

, ''Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences du langage'', Seuil, 1972; 1979 * ''La preuve et le dire'', Maison Mame, 1973 * ''Le structuralisme en linguistique'', Seuil, Points, 1973 (d'abord publié dans un Collectif sur le structuralisme en 1968). * ''Dire et ne pas dire. Principes de sémantique linguistique'', Hermann, 3e éd. augm., 1998 * ''Le Dire et le Dit'', Minuit, 1980 * ''Les Echelles argumentatives'', Minuit, 1980 * et al. ''Les Mots du discours'', Minuit, 1980 * with

Jean-Claude Anscombre Jean-Claude is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Claude Ades, an Italian electronic music producer * Jean-Claude Alibert (died 2020), a French racing driver * Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939), a French compose ...

, ''L'argumentation dans la langue'', Mardaga, 1983 * ''Logique, structure, énonciation. Lectures sur le langage'', Minuit, 1989 * with

Jean-Marie Schaeffer Jean-Marie is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Marie Abgrall (born 1950), a French psychiatrist, criminologist, specialist in forensic medicine, cult expert, and graduate in criminal law * Jean-Marie Ch ...

, ''Nouveau Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences du langage'', Seuil, 1999 * with Marion Carel, ''La semántica argumentativa. Una introducción a la teoría de los bloques semánticos''. Translated and edited by María Marta García Negroni and Alfredo Lescano. Buenos Aires, Colihue Universidad, 2005.

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