Construction-instantiated usage patterns [VLOC] in a sample from brazilian portuguese

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https://doi.org/10.22481/el.v18i1.6125

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Grammar of Constructions. Constructions [VLOC]. Standards of use.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present a description and analysis of instantiated patterns by constructions formed of circumstantial verb + locative (constructions [VLOC]) from a methodology that contemplates effective uses of Brazilian Portuguese. Assuming Usage-Centered Functional Linguistics assumptions, especially from the contributions of the so-called Grammar of Constructions, we found that the [VLOC] constructions are distributed in two sets: in one, verb and locative act at the lexical level, with full and objective meaning; in the other, with procedural arrangements, verb and locative evidence a strong integration of the subparts and form a new match of form and function, acting at the pragmatic-discursive level, with grammar value and with (inter)subjective meaning, sometimes as modalizer, sometimes as discursive marker.

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Gessilene Silveira Kanthack, State University of Santa Cruz (UESC/Brazil)

Gessilene Silveira Kanthack holds a PhD in Linguistics from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis-SC, Brazil. Full professor at the State University of Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus-Ba, Brazil, linked to the Postgraduate Program in Letters: Languages and Representations (UESC), as well as the Professional Master in Letters (Profletras / UESC) . She has experience in the field of linguistics and develops research that contemplates, in particular, phenomena that involve the syntax of Brazilian Portuguese.

Maria Alice Linhares Costa, State University of Santa Cruz (UESC/Brazil)

Maria Alice Linhares Costa is a master's student in the Postgraduate Program in Letters: Languages and Representations, from the State University of Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus-Ba, Brazil. Graduate scholarship with support from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Brazil. He is a member of the Research Group on Languages, Social Structures and Practices, developing investigations especially in the area of Functional Linguistics.

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2020-04-30

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KANTHACK, G. S.; COSTA, M. A. L. Construction-instantiated usage patterns [VLOC] in a sample from brazilian portuguese. Language Studies, [S. l.], v. 18, n. 1, p. 179-191, 2020. DOI: 10.22481/el.v18i1.6125. Disponível em: https://periodicos2.uesb.br/index.php/estudosdalinguagem/article/view/6125. Acesso em: 24 aug. 2024.

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Vol. 18 No. 1 (2020): Estudos da Língua(gem) - ISSN: 1982-0534

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