The Transitive Construction in Brazilian Portuguese: cognitive-interaction aspects
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https://doi.org/10.31513/linguistica.2018.v14n1a15055Keywords:
Construction Grammar. Argument structure Constructions. Transitive Construction. Usage-based Linguistics.Abstract
This article discusses cognitive and interactional aspects related to argument structure construction subclass: the Transitive Construction. It is theoretically aligned with Usage-based Linguistics, which holds the conception that the languages are shaped by the complex interaction of cognitive and functional principles. From the analysis of empirical data, the research has concluded that the transitive construction is highly schematic and productive, in terms of types and tokens, which justifies the high number of verbs licensed by this construction, as well as it attests the proximity or distancing amongst the instances that are especially motivated by semantic properties.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31513/linguistica.2018.v14n1a15055
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