Relative constructions' accessibility in Brazilian native languages: a functional-typological study

• Grant number: 09/11788-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Effective date (Start): March 01, 2010
• Effective date (End): February 28, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Linguistic Theory and Analysis
• Principal Investigator: Roberto Gomes Camacho
• Grantee: Gabriela Maria de Oliveira Codinhoto
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of this work is to analyse how semantic restrictions are related to syntactic ones in the construction of relative relations, looking for evidences that confirm the necessity of a review of Keenan and Comrie's (1977) accessibility hierarchy, proposed by Dik (1997). The sample of this research contains 44 Brazilian native languages, and each one has a descriptive grammar, a thesis or a manual to be studied. The corpus selected displays maximal genetic, geographic and typological diversity.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

CODINHOTO, Gabriela Maria de Oliveira. Acessibilidade semântica nas construções relativas em línguas indígenas brasileiras: um estudo tipológico-funcional. 2011. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas. São José do Rio Preto São José do Rio Preto.