The change and constitution of microconstruction "pois não" in Brazilian Portuguese
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https://doi.org/10.31513/linguistica.2018.v14n1a15409Keywords:
grammar of constructions, change, Brazilian Portuguese, “pois não”.Abstract
This article describes the process of constituting the microconstruction “pois não” in the perspective of the Construction Grammar. It was verified that the syntactic-semantic changes run along a path that starts from an atypical context in which the construction “pois” ceases to act as a conjunction. In the critical context “pois” loses its conclusive function and assumes discursive-pragmatic function. Finally, it reaches the isolated context: there are loss of the semantic function of the negation and the chunking between “pois” and “não”, resulting in innovative use, a new node in the network of discursive markers, a process of expansion.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31513/linguistica.2018.v14n1a15409
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