CONJUNCTIONS IN COMPLEX CLAUSES IN LIBRAS (BRAZILIAN SIGN LANGUAGE): structure and grammaticalization

• Grant number: 15/23541-2
• Support type: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Effective date (Start): September 01, 2017
• Effective date (End): February 28, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Linguistic Theory and Analysis
• Principal researcher: Angélica Terezinha Carmo Rodrigues
• Grantee: Angélica Terezinha Carmo Rodrigues
• Host: Roland Pfau
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil
• Research place: University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands

Abstract

With this research proposal we aim to analyze complex sentences (coordination and subordination) in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) in order to discuss their structure, including the use of conjunctions, and grammaticalization. By assuming grammaticalization as a key feature to the analysis of complex sentences and conjunctions we intent to offer a diachronic perspective of the phenomenon dealing with language variation and change issues.