Position of the qualitiative adverbs with the suffix “–mente” in written portuguese in Brazil in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Authors

  • Mário Eduardo Martelotta UFRJ

Keywords:

adverb, word order, grammaticalization, linguistic change

Abstract

This paper consists of an analysis of the word order change that characterizes the uses of manner adverbs formed with the suffix -mente in letters written in Brazil in the 18th century and in the 19th century. The analysis aims to show, within this period of time, the gradual disappearance of the tendency of these adverbs of occurring in preverbal positions, which had already been detected in the early historical evolution of Portuguese.

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Author Biography

Mário Eduardo Martelotta, UFRJ

Doutor em Lingüística pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1994), onde atua como professor. Tem experiência na área de Lingüística, com ênfase em Teoria e Análise Lingüística e Lingüística Histórica, pesquisando, principalmente, os seguintes temas: funcionalismo, mudança lingüística, gramaticalização, ordenação vocabular e advérbio. Mais recentemente publicou: Lingüística funcional: teoria e prática. Rio e Janeiro: DP&A, 2003 (em co-autoria); Gramaticalização. Rio de Janeiro: Faculdade de Letras UFRJ, 2004 (em co-autoria).

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Published

2006-12-30

How to Cite

Martelotta, M. E. (2006). Position of the qualitiative adverbs with the suffix “–mente” in written portuguese in Brazil in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Gragoatá, 11(21). Retrieved from https://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33211

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 21 (2006): Linguistic usage

Section

Language Articles

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