Semi-insubordinate constructions in Brazilian Portuguese: a synchronic analysis

• Grant number: 18/07733-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2018
• End date: December 29, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Linguistic Theory and Analysis
• Principal Investigator: Flavia Bezerra de Menezes Hirata Vale
• Grantee: Eder Cavalcanti Coimbra
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/24459-6 - Semi-insubordinate constructions in Brazilian Portuguese: a synchronic analysis, BE.EP.IC

Abstract

This project is a proposal of a synchronic functional analysis of semi-insubordinate constructions in Brazilian Portuguese. The notion of semi-insubordination arises in consonance with that of insubordination, which defines subordinate constructions employed independently, without a main clause to which it relates syntactically. A semi-insubordinate construction, on the other hand, is formed by a clause with typical marks of subordination preceded by a non-clause element to which it is syntactically related in a similar way to subordination. Literature attests to the existence of semi-insubordinate constructions in other languages and presents some characteristics that allow to distinguish them from similar structures. In this project, the first on this approach, it is proposed to collect real occurrences of utterances formed by a preceding element followed by a que-clause and to apply tests to it in order to verify which elements constitute semi-insubordinate constructions in Brazilian Portuguese, form yet to be described in that language. (AU)