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STUDENT : LÍNEKER TRAJANO DOS SANTOS
DATE: 28/04/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Sala virtual: Plataforma Google Meet
TITLE:

Usage-based functional approach to the modal construction  [V1AUX + Prep + V2INF]

KEY WORDS:

Modal construction. Auxiliary verb. Usage Based Functional Linguistics. Construction Grammar.

PAGES: 228
BIG AREA: Linguística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Linguística
SUBÁREA: Teoria e Análise Linguística
SUMMARY:

In this work, I investigate the modal construction [V1AUX + Prep + V2INF], with the aim of characterizing it both formally and functionally, considering morphosyntactic, cognitive, and semantic-pragmatic aspects implicated in its instances of use. To achieve this, I anchor myself in the assumptions of Usage-based Functional Linguistics, according to Furtado da Cunha, Bispo, and Silva (2013), Furtado da Cunha and Bispo (2022), which incorporates contributions from Construction Grammar in the line of Goldberg (1995), Croft (2001), Traugott and Trousdale (2013), and others. Methodologically, the research presents a qualitative-quantitative bias and has a descriptive-explanatory nature. The database is composed of occurrences taken from the Corpus do Português online, specifically from the Web/Dialects section. The results show that, in the investigated constructional patterns, ficar, estar, ter, and haver lost their characteristics as full verbs, becoming auxiliary verbs. Regarding token frequency, the most recurrent pattern was ter de + infinitive, followed by haver de, estar para, and ficar de + infinitive. Regarding functional aspects, I found that the senses conveyed by the construction are related to notions of obligation, necessity, commitment, and volition, mostly linked to deontic modality. However, some uses of haver de, estar para, and ficar de + infinitive align with epistemic modality. Furthermore, I found that the sharing of functional spaces between the ter de + infinitive and haver de + infinitive patterns is limited to some usage contexts, related to the expression of necessity/obligation. Moreover, all investigated sub-schemas presented semantic variability regarding the filling of the V2 slot. Regarding the underlying cognitive aspects of the instances of use of the sub-schemas under focus, the results point to the presence of different configurations via conceptual perspectivization in the diverse uses of each pattern and to recurrent metonymic and metaphoric projections in the analyzed constructs. Regarding the sociointeractional processes, there is a continuum between the subjective and intersubjective biases in each investigated constructional pattern, in which the same constructional type can present multifunctionality in different usage contexts. Moreover, some samples of ter de, haver de, estar para, and ficar de + infinitive align with specific speech acts and their respective perlocutionary effects, while others instantiate indirect speech acts. The constructional network of which the sub-schemas are part is headed by the broader scheme that titles the work - [V1AUX + Prep + V2INF] -, and the licensed constructional patterns are characterized as partially schematic, with high productivity and intermediate compositionality.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1551756 - EDVALDO BALDUINO BISPO
Interna - ***.159.097-** - MARIA ANGELICA FURTADO DA CUNHA - UFRN
Externo à Instituição - MARIZE MATTOS DALL'AGLIO HATTNHER - UNESP
Externo à Instituição - MONCLAR GUIMARÃES LOPES - UFF
Externo à Instituição - TAISA PERES DE OLIVEIRA - UFMS