Uma abordagem construcionista da gramática para as preposições complexas [no caso de, em consequência de, em função de, em lugar de e em razão de]

Abstract

This dissertation aims to investigate the contexts of uses of the scheme [Preposition (Em) SN (x) Preposition (de) (Det(article/adjective/pronoun)) X (SN/VERB/SN(nominalized (V(x) TION) SN)] and verify the categorical fluidity depending on the communicative context, from the analysis of language use data.To this end, we assume the Constructionist Grammar Approach (Goldberg, 1995, Croft, 2001 and Traugott and Trousdale, 2013), which considers language as a cognitive representation of human experience, being influenced by the social and pragmatic context.Our focus is on the formal and functional properties of complex constructions “in the case of”, “as a result of”, “as due to”, “instead of” and “because of”, in the analysis of the instances of meaning distributed on a categorical continuum and in the semantic relationship presented in the instances of use. For the analysis, we used 500 data extracted from the Corpus do Português, available at https://www.corpusdoportugues.org/. The methodology used is qualitative and quantitative in nature, with data extracted from newspapers and web magazines. The general results show different patterns of use, which instantiate notions of conformity, cause/consequence, opposition and condition. In addition, the micro-constructions analyzed here play a crucial role in the structuring and progression of discourse, acting as textual connectors that establish logical relationships between different parts of the text. When analyzing their anaphoric function, they resume and connect previously mentioned elements or in the development of a detail of new information, promoting textual progression and the development of argumentation.