Construing factivity: mood alternations in epistemic contexts

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Autor(a) principal: Vieira, Pedro Pulquério
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Silva, Augusto Soares da, Geeraerts, Dirk
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/mathesis.2012.5239
Resumo: This paper argues that the semantic contrast between the European Portuguese indicative and subjunctive moods, in complement clauses introduced by epistemic verbs, is related to one of the most fundamental principles of Cognitive Grammar, which states that different choices regarding the way of conveying one’s perspective about a certain aspect of the world-different construals-also result in different meanings. Specifically, it will be shown that different mood construals will reflect different levels of commitment towards the complement clause’s epistemic factivity, as it is addressed in Cognitive Grammar: factivity is the degree of identification of the virtual circumstances of enunciation evoked by the complement clause and the actual ones. The indicative is selected to convey a strong commitment towards the complement’s factivity whereas the subjunctive attenuates the complement’s factivity.
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spelling Construing factivity: mood alternations in epistemic contextsThis paper argues that the semantic contrast between the European Portuguese indicative and subjunctive moods, in complement clauses introduced by epistemic verbs, is related to one of the most fundamental principles of Cognitive Grammar, which states that different choices regarding the way of conveying one’s perspective about a certain aspect of the world-different construals-also result in different meanings. Specifically, it will be shown that different mood construals will reflect different levels of commitment towards the complement clause’s epistemic factivity, as it is addressed in Cognitive Grammar: factivity is the degree of identification of the virtual circumstances of enunciation evoked by the complement clause and the actual ones. The indicative is selected to convey a strong commitment towards the complement’s factivity whereas the subjunctive attenuates the complement’s factivity.Neste artigo, argumenta-se que o contraste entre os modos indicativo e conjuntivo do Português Europeu, em orações completivas introduzidas por verbos epistémicos, está relacionado com um dos principais fundamentos da Gramática Cognitiva, o qual afirma que escolhas diferentes relacionadas com a maneira de transmitir algum aspeto particular do mundo - diferentes perspetivações conceptuais (construals) - têm como resultado significados diferentes. Especificamente, irá ser demonstrado que estas diferentes perspetivações conceptuais relacionadas com o modo verbal refletem diferentes níveis de comprometimento relativamente à factividade epistémica do complemento oracional, segundo uma perspetiva cognitiva: factividade é o grau de identificação entre as circunstâncias de enunciação virtuais invocadas pelo complemento a as que de facto se verificam na altura do ato comunicativo. O indicativo é selecionado para transmitir um elevado grau de factividade, ao passo que o conjuntivo atenua a factividade do complemento.Universidade Católica Portuguesa2012-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.34632/mathesis.2012.5239oai:ojs.revistas.ucp.pt:article/5239Máthesis; n. 21 (2012); 103-1270872-021510.34632/mathesis.2012.n21reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/mathesis/article/view/5239https://doi.org/10.34632/mathesis.2012.5239https://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/mathesis/article/view/5239/5101Direitos de Autor (c) 2012 Pedro Pulquério Vieira, Augusto Soares da Silva, Dirk Geeraertshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessVieira, Pedro PulquérioSilva, Augusto Soares daGeeraerts, Dirk2022-09-22T16:37:31Zoai:ojs.revistas.ucp.pt:article/5239Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:00:44.629429Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Construing factivity: mood alternations in epistemic contexts
spellingShingle Construing factivity: mood alternations in epistemic contexts
Vieira, Pedro Pulquério
title_short Construing factivity: mood alternations in epistemic contexts
title_full Construing factivity: mood alternations in epistemic contexts
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author Vieira, Pedro Pulquério
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Silva, Augusto Soares da
Geeraerts, Dirk
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description This paper argues that the semantic contrast between the European Portuguese indicative and subjunctive moods, in complement clauses introduced by epistemic verbs, is related to one of the most fundamental principles of Cognitive Grammar, which states that different choices regarding the way of conveying one’s perspective about a certain aspect of the world-different construals-also result in different meanings. Specifically, it will be shown that different mood construals will reflect different levels of commitment towards the complement clause’s epistemic factivity, as it is addressed in Cognitive Grammar: factivity is the degree of identification of the virtual circumstances of enunciation evoked by the complement clause and the actual ones. The indicative is selected to convey a strong commitment towards the complement’s factivity whereas the subjunctive attenuates the complement’s factivity.
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