EPISTEMIC PARENTHETICAL CONSTRUCTIONS ON CONSTRUCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Authors

  • Sebastião Carlos Leite Gonçalves UNESP - Campus de São José do Rio Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v20i38.33305

Keywords:

constructionalization, epistemic parenthetical constructions, subjetive cluases.

Abstract

In this paper, I investigate epistemic parenthetical constructions originated from a constructional scheme formed by a matrix clause with adjectival epistemic predicator and an embedded clause in subject position. I assume the theoretical and methodological framework of Cognitive-Functional Linguistics (CROFT, 2001; TRAUGOTT, 2008). Based on spoken and writing language data of contemporary Brazilian Portuguese, I show that the matrix constructions which become grammaticalized function as focusing and asseverative epistemic parenthetical constructions. The identification of schematicity levels of the constructions, while it allows inferring a diachronic process of constructional change, it provides clues to the formation of a broader explanatory framework about the formation and functioning of epistemic parenthetical constructions.

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Author Biography

Sebastião Carlos Leite Gonçalves, UNESP - Campus de São José do Rio Preto

Mestrado (1997) e Doutorado (2003), pela Unicamp, pós-doutorado (2014), pela UFRJ. Professor Assistente Doutor, efetivo, do Departamento de Estudos Linguísticos e Literários da UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, desde 1997. Presidente do GEL-SP (2007-2009). Vice-coordenador do GT "Descrição do Português" da ANPOLL. Bolsista Produtividade do CNPq.

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Published

2015-06-30

How to Cite

Gonçalves, S. C. L. (2015). EPISTEMIC PARENTHETICAL CONSTRUCTIONS ON CONSTRUCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE. Gragoatá, 20(38). https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v20i38.33305

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 38 (2015): Language Studies

Section

Language Articles

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