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A semantic analysis of 'junto' and its effects in Brazilian Portuguese: comparing theories

Grant number: 23/03663-2
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
Start date: August 01, 2023
End date: July 31, 2024
Field of knowledge:Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Linguistic Theory and Analysis
Principal Investigator:Renato Miguel Basso
Grantee:Ana Carolina de Sousa Araújo
Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of this research project is to analyze the expression 'junto' in Brazilian Portuguese (BP) and its variations, such as the inflected forms in number and gender ('juntos', 'juntas') and the use in the diminutive ('juntinho '). Therefore, we hope to investigate the expression semantically, seeking a formulation that takes into account its various uses in adnominal and adverbial position, in addition to contributing to the work of describing BP. During this research, two different theories will be investigated (one based on event structure and another based on measurement) that have already been presented as a possibility of description for the term together, which can be understood as the counterpart of the expression 'together' in the English language. The different theoretical proposals will be applied in sentences that present the term 'together' and its variations in syntactic positions and with different interpretations, in order to adapt the hypotheses to the behavior of the expression in BP.

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