DO ESPAÇO-TEMPO AO CONTRASTE, À CONDIÇÃO E À FINALIDADE: UMA ANÁLISE FUNCIONAL DO CONECTOR HIPOTÁTICO ANTES DE

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before, Microconstruction, Connector], Contextual inferences, Functionalism

Abstract

In this paper, it is proposed to analyze the connector [antes de] before from the perspective of Usage-Based Functional Linguistics (LFCU). Traditionally, this grammatical element is defined as a prepositional phrase and there is little discussion about its semantic and inferential values. Based on these points, the main objective of this paper is to attest to the hypotactic connecting function of the [antes de] before and to analyze its nuances of meaning. For this, we intend to understand which contextual factors contribute to the inferential reading of the more abstract meanings that emerge from this particle in certain communicative situations. Based on the Corpus do Português, the analysis is synchronous (the cut starts in 2012 and ends in 2019) and the method used is mixed (LACERDA, 2016), which combines qualitative and quantitative information. The investigation also uses concepts from the Construction Grammar, as well as the notions of categorization, pragmatic inference and semantic enrichment. Observing morphosyntactic factors, it is concluded that [antes de] before can act in three different functions in the language, with prepositional value, hypotactic value and non-conjunctional value. At the functional level, this type acts as a temporal connector and, in certain situations, it allows contrastive, final and conditional inferences.

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Author Biographies

Ivo da Costa do Rosário, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Docente de Língua Portuguesa - Departamento de Letras Clássicas e Vernáculas
Vice-coordenador do Programa de Pós-graduação em Estudos de Linguagem
Pesquisador com bolsa de produtividade em pesquisa do CNPq
Jovem Cientista do Nosso Estado pela FAPERJ

Marcello Martins Machado, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Graduado em Publicidade e Propaganda
Graduado em Letras (Português/Espanhol)
Mestre em Estudos de Linguagem
Doutorando em Estudos de Linguagem

 

Published

2022-08-01

How to Cite

da Costa do Rosário, I., & Martins Machado, M. (2022). DO ESPAÇO-TEMPO AO CONTRASTE, À CONDIÇÃO E À FINALIDADE: UMA ANÁLISE FUNCIONAL DO CONECTOR HIPOTÁTICO ANTES DE. PROLÍNGUA, 17(1), 46–61. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/prolingua/article/view/62574