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| Author(s): |
Marcel Caldeira da Silva
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem |
| Defense date: | 2013-00-00 |
| Examining board members: |
Sheila Elias de Oliveira;
Soeli Maria Schreiber da Silva
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| Advisor: | Mónica Graciela Zoppi Fontana |
| Abstract | |
This Master's dissertation reports on a study about defining statements characterised by the presence of a clause introduced by the conjunction "quando" (when) as the item which defines (definiens) a word or a phrase (definiendum) in the statement. They are also characterised by the presence of the verb "ser" (to be) in the present indicative form (é - is) between those items. The structure observed in those statements is [X é quando Y], in which X represents the word or phrase defined and Y represents the set of elements which constitute the clause introduced by "quando" (subject, verb, objects, etc.). Such clause describes a specific situation used to define the word / phrase. The comparison of the grammatical structure of definitions with "X é quando Y" to the grammatical structure of traditional definitions ("X é Y"), which follow some of the principles of Logic for the creation of definitions, shows that there is no grammatical equivalence between the item which defines and the one which is defined in definitions with "é quando", since the clause introduced by "quando" does not correspond to the grammatical unit shown as the word or phrase to be defined (for example, a noun or adjective phrase). In traditional definitions, this type of equivalence is usual (for example, "NP is NP"). The text explores and discusses notions of equivalence which involve specific conceptions of meaning and which are related to the issue of the grammatical equivalence mentioned. The study was made as an attempt to obtain, by analogy with definitions structured as "X é Y", an understanding of the definitions with "é quando", by means of a critical reflection on the existing explanations for the former structure. It provides an explanation for the operation of definitions with "é quando" which is based on the theoretical assumptions and analysis tools of Semantics of the Event and which consists in making explicit the semanticenunciative aspects involved in the creation and circulation of such statements. The study explores the concept of enunciation space in order to discuss the political division which determines the emergence or no emergence of this type of definition in different enunciative scenes, considering defining statements with "é quando" from distinct internet pages as units of analysis and taking into account the text in which they belong (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/04181-4 - A semantic-enunciative study about defining statements constituted by "é quando" |
| Grantee: | Marcel Caldeira da Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |