Are there several types of delocutive derivation in French?

In this paper we revisit the concept of “delocutive derivation”, originally explored by several French linguists, viz. Benveniste, Ducrot, Anscombre, Récanati. Thus, even though the early attempts to “theorize” the concept seem convincing, in this paper we argue for a clarification of the delocutive derivation process, which is seen as a unique procedure, parameterized in several ways, instead of being instantiated in a plethora of different derivation processes, as proposed especially by Anscombre. Furthermore, the proposal is given a procedural description that is contrasted with a similar attempt of Récanati. Finally, this new procedure is used for re-analyzing most of Anscombre’s linguistic data a more unified manner than in previous accounts.