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using the first-person pronoun. They contrast Luc’s prescribed action with
Raph’s actual action. Even before Luc complies with the instruction, Raph
utters an instruction in the form of a negative statement, which modifies the
initial directives into a declarative prefiguring the formulation of the rule
(l. 3). As soon as Raph notices the off-side, which causes the stoppage of
the game, he turns to Luc and repeats the instruction (l. 6), self-quoting
it and waving his index finger, pointing to him in a gesture of reprobation
(figure 23). The suspension of the game is the occasion to elaborate on the
last action, and to orient strongly towards the addressee.
The absence of Luc’s response is observable, both at line 7, then at line ...