Efeito funcional no uso variável de preposição

This article focuses on the functional role of variation in the studyof the variable use of the preposition that introduces the dativecomplement of ditransitive verbs in Brazilian Portuguese. We showthat the occurrence of the three detected variants – <a>, <para>,<...

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Main Author: Cristina Abreu Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2012-11-01
Series:Revista de Estudos da Linguagem
Online Access:http://periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/relin/article/view/2294
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Summary:This article focuses on the functional role of variation in the studyof the variable use of the preposition that introduces the dativecomplement of ditransitive verbs in Brazilian Portuguese. We showthat the occurrence of the three detected variants – <a>, <para>,<0> – exhibit functional conditioning among mechanical effects.The process is constrained by the iconicity of the preposition,according to Haiman’s iconic motivation.
ISSN:0104-0588
2237-2083