Resumo
This paper offers a conceptual analysis of the Portuguese inflected (or personal) infinitive. The analysis makes use of a few concepts of Cognitive Grammar. The inflected infinitive is described as an objective construal of the main participant of a process type. This conceptual import is consistent with the grammatical behavior of the inflected infinitive. After giving an overview about the structural properties of the inflected infinitive in modern Portuguese, the paper will describe the continuum of event asymmetry in which the inflected infinitival clause holds an intermediate position between the subordinate finite clause and the infinitival clause. The meaning of the inflected infinitive is therefore characterized by imagery dimensions that are specific to subordinate constructions, namely independence, specificity, grounding, prominence and objectivity/subjectivity. Finally, some aspects relating to the distribution of inflected infinitival (complement, adverbial and subject) clauses will be analyzed in terms of semantic compatibility.
Idioma original | English |
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Título da publicação do anfitrião | Asymmetric events |
Editores | B. LewandowskaTomaszczyk |
Editora | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Páginas | 227-243 |
Volume | 11 |
ISBN (impresso) | 9789027238993, 9789027291028 |
Estado da publicação | Publicado - 2008 |
Evento | 9th International Conference of Cognitive Linguistics/Session on Asymmetric Events - Yonsei University, Seoul Duração: 17 jul. 2005 → 22 jul. 2005 Número de conferência: 9 |
Série de publicação
Nome | Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research |
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Conferência
Conferência | 9th International Conference of Cognitive Linguistics/Session on Asymmetric Events |
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País/Território | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of |
Cidade | Seoul |
Período | 17/07/05 → 22/07/05 |