Aspectual construction V1take + prep to + V2infinitive and V1catch + prep to + V2infinitive in Portuguese: is this a case of linguistic variation?

Authors

  • Sueli Maria Coelho Faculdade de Letras da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (FALE/UFMG)
  • Geraldo Sérgio Pinto Drumond Faculdade de Letras da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/sig.v27i2.30772

Keywords:

Aspectual construction, linguistic variation, grammaticalization, verb to catch, verb to take.

Abstract

By adopting a diachronic perspective, whose analysis was based on quantitative and  qualitative  criteria,  this  study  has  investigated  the  hypothesis  that  the aspectual  auxiliary  constructions  constituted  by  the  verbs  to  catch  and  to take + preposition to + V2infinitive, although they score more than one aspectual configuration  in  Portuguese,  they  are  not  linguistic  variants.  The  research outcomes have confirmed the mooted hypothesis, as well as showing that the aspectual construction whose V1 is the verb to take is the oldest and the most productive in Portuguese. Although there may be contexts of neutralization, the analysis has also revealed that both constructions differ from each other in the connotation of the durational aspect.

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Author Biographies

Sueli Maria Coelho, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (FALE/UFMG)

Doutora em Estudos Linguísticos pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Professora Adjunta de Língua Portuguesa da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, atuando na graduação e na pós-graduação.

Geraldo Sérgio Pinto Drumond, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Bacharel em Estudos Linguísticos pela Faculdade de Letras da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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Published

2015-12-22

How to Cite

COELHO, S. M.; DRUMOND, G. S. P. Aspectual construction V1take + prep to + V2infinitive and V1catch + prep to + V2infinitive in Portuguese: is this a case of linguistic variation?. Signótica, Goiânia, v. 27, n. 2, p. 287–306, 2015. DOI: 10.5216/sig.v27i2.30772. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/sig/article/view/30772. Acesso em: 27 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 2 (2015)

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