The verbal reflexivity’s influence in anaphora se processing

• Main Author: Henrique, Judithe Genuíno
• Publication Date: 2018
• Other Authors: Oliveira, Rosana Costa de, Gonçalves Calaça de Souza, Flávia
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: letrônica
• Download full: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/26425
• topic: Reflexivity; Anaphora; Acceptability.; Reflexividade; Anáfora; Aceitabilidade.; Reflexividade; Anáfora; Aceitabilidade.

The research elaborated in this study investigates verbal reflexivity and its role in the processing of anaphora se. In order to verify which verbs are considered more acceptable in the reading of sentences containing the anaphora self, we performed an offline test of acceptability judgment with native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. Reinhart & Reuland (1993), who predict that reflexivity is a property of the predicates, as well as the works of Christiano (1993) and Mello (2008), have established a more categorical classification for reflexivity. The verbs with more reflexive characteristics, dividing them into three levels: primary – combed, secondary – sat, and tertiary – accused, according to their degree of reflexivity. In general, the results showed that the property of reflexivity can be present in both the anaphora and the predicate, as Reinhart & Reuland (1993) states.