Cleft constructions and similar structures: Contrast, focus and emphasis

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Autor(a) principal: Pezatti, Erotilde Goreti [UNESP]
Data de Publicação: 2012
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/234444
Resumo: This paper deals with so called cleft constructions and other similar structures in eight Portuguese varieties, aiming to show that the formal differences correspond to different functional strategies used by the Speaker to achieve his/her communicative intentions, i.e., Focus, Contrast and Emphasis, in accordance with the theory of Functional Discourse Grammar (Hengeveld and Mackenzie, 2008). This study takes as evidence real spoken occurrences extracted from a corpus organized by Linguistic Centre at the University of Lisbon, in partnership with the University of Toulousse Mirail and the University of Provence-Aix-Marseille. The results show the following distribution: cleft construction is a strategy for pragmatic function Contrast marking; Focus-ser constructions are used to highlight a constituent and (é) que is used as an operator of emphasis showing the speaker's desire to intensify certain pieces of information.
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spelling Cleft constructions and similar structures: Contrast, focus and emphasisClivagem e construções similares: Contraste, foco e ênfaseCleft constructionsContrastEmphasisFocusVarieties of PortugueseThis paper deals with so called cleft constructions and other similar structures in eight Portuguese varieties, aiming to show that the formal differences correspond to different functional strategies used by the Speaker to achieve his/her communicative intentions, i.e., Focus, Contrast and Emphasis, in accordance with the theory of Functional Discourse Grammar (Hengeveld and Mackenzie, 2008). This study takes as evidence real spoken occurrences extracted from a corpus organized by Linguistic Centre at the University of Lisbon, in partnership with the University of Toulousse Mirail and the University of Provence-Aix-Marseille. The results show the following distribution: cleft construction is a strategy for pragmatic function Contrast marking; Focus-ser constructions are used to highlight a constituent and (é) que is used as an operator of emphasis showing the speaker's desire to intensify certain pieces of information.Universidade Estadual Paulista/São José Do Rio PretoUniversidade Estadual Paulista/São José Do Rio PretoUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Pezatti, Erotilde Goreti [UNESP]2022-05-02T17:01:52Z2022-05-02T17:01:52Z2012-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article73-98Linguistica, v. 28, n. 1, p. 73-98, 2012.2079-312X1132-0214http://hdl.handle.net/11449/2344442-s2.0-84988476766Scopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPporLinguisticainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-05-02T17:01:52Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/234444Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T17:01:18.459655Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Cleft constructions and similar structures: Contrast, focus and emphasis
Clivagem e construções similares: Contraste, foco e ênfase
title Cleft constructions and similar structures: Contrast, focus and emphasis
spellingShingle Cleft constructions and similar structures: Contrast, focus and emphasis
Pezatti, Erotilde Goreti [UNESP]
Cleft constructions
Contrast
Emphasis
Focus
Varieties of Portuguese
title_short Cleft constructions and similar structures: Contrast, focus and emphasis
title_full Cleft constructions and similar structures: Contrast, focus and emphasis
title_fullStr Cleft constructions and similar structures: Contrast, focus and emphasis
title_full_unstemmed Cleft constructions and similar structures: Contrast, focus and emphasis
title_sort Cleft constructions and similar structures: Contrast, focus and emphasis
author Pezatti, Erotilde Goreti [UNESP]
author_facet Pezatti, Erotilde Goreti [UNESP]
author_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pezatti, Erotilde Goreti [UNESP]
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Cleft constructions
Contrast
Emphasis
Focus
Varieties of Portuguese
topic Cleft constructions
Contrast
Emphasis
Focus
Varieties of Portuguese
description This paper deals with so called cleft constructions and other similar structures in eight Portuguese varieties, aiming to show that the formal differences correspond to different functional strategies used by the Speaker to achieve his/her communicative intentions, i.e., Focus, Contrast and Emphasis, in accordance with the theory of Functional Discourse Grammar (Hengeveld and Mackenzie, 2008). This study takes as evidence real spoken occurrences extracted from a corpus organized by Linguistic Centre at the University of Lisbon, in partnership with the University of Toulousse Mirail and the University of Provence-Aix-Marseille. The results show the following distribution: cleft construction is a strategy for pragmatic function Contrast marking; Focus-ser constructions are used to highlight a constituent and (é) que is used as an operator of emphasis showing the speaker's desire to intensify certain pieces of information.
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