Construções parentéticas epistêmicas no português angolano e moçambicano (Epistemic parenthetical constructions in Angolan and Mozambican Portuguese: convergences and divergences)

Cristina dos Santos Carvalho; Antonio Ralf da Cunha Carneiro; Wesley da Silva Magalhães

doi:10.22481/el.v18i1.6100

Authors

Cristina dos Santos Carvalho State University of Bahia (UNEB / Brazil) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-674X
Antonio Ralf da Cunha Carneiro State University of Bahia (UNEB/Brazil) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5499-9417
Wesley da Silva Magalhães State University of Bahia (UNEB/Brazil) http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0480-6629

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22481/el.v18i1.6100

Keywords:

Construções parentéticas epistêmicas, Linguística centrada no uso, Abordagem construcional, Esquematicidade., Português angolano e moçambicano

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze, concerning to a parameter schematicity, quasi-assertive epistemic parenthetical constructions originated from verbal clauses in Portuguese, instantiated by microconstructions such as (eu) creio que, (eu) acho que, (eu) penso que on the one hand, and(eu) creio, (eu) acho, (eu) penso on the other. In order to analyze these constructions, it is assumed as a theoretical-methodological support the Usage-Based Functional Linguistics, with emphasis on the constructional approach of grammar and linguistic change. The research is based on empirical occurrences of Angolan and Mozambican varieties from contemporary Portuguese, extracted from the database of the Corpus do Português. The results show that: (i) the constructional network of the analyzed parentheticals presents two subschemas: [(SUJ_P1)V_Epist Compl]_Parente [(SUJ_P1)V_Epist]_Parent; (ii) both subschemas occur in Angolan and Mozambican Portuguese, with differences in productivity; (iii) in microconstructions, the most frequent epistemic verbs are achar (Mozambican Portuguese) and crer (Angolan and Mozambican Portuguese).

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Author Biographies

Cristina dos Santos Carvalho, State University of Bahia (UNEB / Brazil)

Cristina dos Santos Carvalho has a master's degree in Letters and Linguistics from the Federal University of Bahia. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from the State University of Campinas. Completed Postdoctoral Internship at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, in January 2018. Currently, she is a Full Professor at the University of the State of Bahia and a permanent professor in the Postgraduate Program in Language Studies (PPGEL). She has experience in the area of Letters, with an emphasis on Linguistics and Portuguese Language. She works mainly on the following themes: linguistic variation and change, functionalism, complex sentences, grammaticalization and the constructional approach to grammar.

Antonio Ralf da Cunha Carneiro, State University of Bahia (UNEB/Brazil)

Antonio Ralf da Cunha Carneiro is a graduate student in Literature with a specialization in Portuguese Language and Literature at the State University of Bahia (UNEB - Campus XIV), in Conceição do Coité - Bahia. He has been a Scientific Initiation Scholar (CI), since 2018, in the project Epistemic parenthetical constructions in Portuguese varieties: variation and change, in which he examines data from contemporary Mozambican Portuguese. Currently, she has an IC scholarship from CNPq. He works mainly on the following themes: linguistic variation and change, functionalism and the constructional approach to grammar.

Wesley da Silva Magalhães, State University of Bahia (UNEB/Brazil)

Wesley da Silva Magalhães is a graduate student in Literature with a specialization in Portuguese Language and Literature at the State University of Bahia (UNEB - Campus XIV), in Conceição do Coité - Bahia. He has been a Scientific Initiation Scholar (CI), since 2018, in the project Epistemic parenthetical constructions in Portuguese varieties: variation and change, in which he examines data from contemporary Mozambican Portuguese. Currently, she has an IC scholarship from CNPq. He works mainly on the following themes: linguistic variation and change, functionalism and the constructional approach to grammar.

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