Functional discourse grammar and theory of grammaticalization: reviewing the uses of [diski] in Brazilian Portuguese
<p align="left"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">This paper studies the uses of [disk</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">i</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">] in the Brazilian Portuguese language, with a descr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2011-12-01
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Series: | Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa |
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Online Access: | http://www.revistas.usp.br/flp/article/view/59890 |
Summary: | <p align="left"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">This paper studies the uses of [disk</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">i</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">] in the Brazilian Portuguese language, with a descriptive proposal that combines Functional Discursive Grammar and Grammaticalization Theory-based approaches. The aim of the paper is to widely analyze these uses and to show satisfactory descriptive counterpoints in relation to the evidential paradigm consisting of different patterns of functionality of [disk</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">i</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">].</span></p> |
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ISSN: | 1517-4530 2176-9419 |