A articulação de orações adverbiais com em vez de e ao invés de (The articulation of adverbial clauses with instead of and rather than)

Nilza Barroso Dias; Leandro  Freitas da Horta

doi:10.22481/el.v23i1.18330

Authors

Nilza Barroso Dias Fluminense Federal University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3521-508X
Leandro Freitas da Horta Fluminense Federal University https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8014-041X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22481/el.v23i1.18330

Keywords:

Functionalism. Sentence articulation. Substitution.

Abstract

This article presents research results on the adverbial construction of substitution with the connectors em vez de (instead of), e ao invés de (instead of), in occurrences in Brazilian, Mozambican, and Angolan Portuguese. Based on the events described in the main clause and the adverbial clause, it is observed that the adverbial clause points to the event that will not occur, and the main clause to the event that will replace it. The analysis is based on a functional-discursive approach, with research grounded in news articles from 21st-century newspapers and magazines, using both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Of the 543 occurrences analyzed, it was found that the form em vez de (instead of), is more recurrent than ao invés de, (instead of), corresponding to 73.66% of the total. Although they present some similarity, the results reveal distinctive and striking features regarding the position of the clauses and the semantic-discursive value attributed to each one, even though both stem from the notion of substitution.

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Author Biographies

Nilza Barroso Dias, Fluminense Federal University

Nilza Barrozo Dias holds a degree in Letters from the Santa Doroteia Faculty of Philosophy (RJ), a master's degree in Portuguese Language from the Federal Fluminense University, and a PhD in Linguistics from the State University of Campinas (SP). She has worked as a professor at the undergraduate and graduate levels at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (MG). She currently teaches at the Federal Fluminense University, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, in Line 1, Linguistic Theory and Analysis; her email address is nilzabarrozodias@id.uff.br. Her research focuses on syntax, with theoretical support from Functionalism, Usage-Based Linguistics, the interface between syntax and discursive argumentation, and syntax versus cognitive grammar. She is currently developing research on contrastive syntax, with several publications on the subject.

Leandro Freitas da Horta, Fluminense Federal University

Leandro Freitas da Horta is a doctoral candidate in Language Studies at the Federal Fluminense University (UFF) and holds a master's degree in Linguistics from the same institution. He has a degree in Portuguese Language and Literature (UFF) and a second degree in English Language and Literature from Veiga Almeida University (UVA). He works as a teacher and researcher in the areas of syntax, discourse, Portuguese language teaching, Portuguese as a Foreign Language (PLE), and text production. He works as a critical and grammatical editor at Editora Emó and as an author and developer of teaching materials for the Poliedro System, focusing on essay writing for military entrance exams, especially AFA and IME. He is the author of the books *Texto de cria: manual de redação afrocentrado* and *Amor subversivo*. He is a member of the PorUs project – Center for Linguistic Studies of Portuguese in Use.

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