‘NEM’, IT IS WORTH TO KNOW HOW IT WORKS

A FORMALIZATION PROPOSAL FOR ‘NEM’ CONVESSIVITY TRIGGER IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE

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https://doi.org/10.22409/cadletrasuff.v33i64.51724

Abstract

This article intends to analyze, based on the theoretical assumptions of Intensional Semantics (ROTH, 1992; KRATZER, 2012), in the metalanguage of Formal Semantics (PARTEE, 1976) and Pragmatics (LEVINSON 2007; GRICE, 1975), concessive conditional utterances that contain the operator nem as a triggering negation of concessivity in Brazilian Portuguese (Not even running/Not running, João will take the bus), to postulate a possible formal behavior for cases like the ones exemplified here. Thereunto, we reviewed nem, to elucidate its negative feature and its characteristics of focus and scalarity, the object on which this analysis is focused more closely. We will also demonstrate how a pragmatic scale of possible elements involved in concessive conditional utterances with nem can be ordered in terms of possible worlds from the proposals of Roth (1992) and Kratzer (2012). 

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Isaac Souza de Miranda Junior, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Graduated in Linguistics from the Federal University of São Carlos (2019). Master's student in Linguistics at the Graduate Program in Linguistics at UFSCar (PPGL - UFSCar) and member of the NILC (Interinstitutional Nucleus of Computational Linguistics).

Jane Eder Girardi, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

PhD student in Linguistics at UFSCar (Federal University of São Carlos), focusing on the development of a method for teaching linguistic concepts. Master's Degree in Linguistics from UFSCar (Federal University of São Carlos), with an emphasis on Teaching Linguistic Concepts through intuition and internalized grammar. Advised by Prof. Dr. Dirceu Cleber Conde and member of the GESer - Reference Semantics Study Group at UFSCar. Graduated in Arts with qualifications in Portuguese and English from Faculdades Integradas de São Carlos - Fadisc (2005). Graduated in Pedagogy from UNIFRAN (2016). She has experience in the field of Letters, with an emphasis on Modern Foreign Languages. She served as a Portuguese language teacher for elementary and high school students, teaching literature, writing and grammar. She served as an English language teacher for students in kindergarten, elementary and high school. She has experience in preparing extra activities and projects for inclusion students.

Dirceu Cleber Conde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Graduated in Letters - Qualification in Portuguese from the State University of Maringá (1998), Master's in Linguistics from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2000) and Ph.D. in Language Studies from the State University of Londrina (2008), with a doctoral internship at the Université Paris III - La Sorbonne Nouvelle, Post-Doc at Michigan State University (2015-2016). He is currently an Adjunct Professor with Exclusive Dedication at the Federal University of São Carlo-SP. He has experience in the field of Linguistics, working mainly on the following topics: semantics, pragmatics and teaching-learning of linguistics and formal languages.

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2022-08-09

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MIRANDA JUNIOR, I. S. DE; EDER GIRARDI, J.; CONDE, D. C. ‘NEM’, IT IS WORTH TO KNOW HOW IT WORKS: A FORMALIZATION PROPOSAL FOR ‘NEM’ CONVESSIVITY TRIGGER IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE . Caderno de Letras da UFF, v. 33, n. 64, 9 Aug. 2022.

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Vol. 33 No. 64 (2022): Estudos do significado em nível sentencial: abordagens teóricas, aplicações e interfaces

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