Constructionalization and constructional change of conjunctive locutions in Portuguese: the case of ‘na hora que'

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https://doi.org/10.31513/linguistica.2018.v14n1a15328

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linguistic change, constructionalization, conjunctions, temporal conjunctions.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze constructional changes of Portuguese conjunctive locution na hora em que (lit. at the hour in that). The theoretical approach adopted is the Construction Grammar and its extension to the study of linguistic change proposed in Traugott and Trousdalle (2013). From the results of the analysis of the degrees of compositionality, productivity and schematicity of the constructions extracted from a database of Portuguese spoken in the interior of São Paulo, we propose a constructional hierarchy capable of mapping the possible constructionalization trajectory of na hora que and similar conjunctive locutions. This hierarchy would have [Ncircumstantial que]connective as a more schematic construction.

 

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31513/linguistica.2018.v14n1a15328

Author Biographies

Gisele Cássia Sousa, Universidade Estadual Paulista

Departamento de Estudos Linguísticos e Literários, área de Língua Portuguesa

Diego Minucelli Garcia, Universidade Estadual Paulista

Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Linguísticos do Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE), câmpus da Universidade Estadual Paulista em São José do Rio Preto.

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2018-04-30

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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2018): Construction Grammar

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