Argument structure and valency: the grammatical relation direct object
This paper addresses the grammatical relation direct object, with the aim of analyzing the varying discourse manifestations of this element. As a result of this analysis, it is proposed a gradient treatment of objecthood, by means of a scale which ranks the direct object according to its degree of p...
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doaj-a01343f2e6d4420890d5ef6e123bb4db2020-11-24T22:17:11ZporUniversidade Federal FluminenseGragoatá1413-90732358-41142006-12-011121273Argument structure and valency: the grammatical relation direct objectMaria Angélica Furtado da Cunha0UFRNThis paper addresses the grammatical relation direct object, with the aim of analyzing the varying discourse manifestations of this element. As a result of this analysis, it is proposed a gradient treatment of objecthood, by means of a scale which ranks the direct object according to its degree of prototipicality. The research follows a functional perspective on language study, discussing syntactic, semantic and pragmatic aspects of the direct object, and considering the syntactic properties as derived from semantic and pragmatic properties of the verb the direct object is related to. The data for this study come from eight conversational narratives, collected from Corpus Discurso & Gramática: a língua falada e escrita na cidade do Natal.http://www.gragoata.uff.br/index.php/gragoata/article/view/304estrutura argumental, objeto direto, tratamento escalar |
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Argument structure and valency: the grammatical relation direct object |
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Argument structure and valency: the grammatical relation direct object |
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Argument structure and valency: the grammatical relation direct object |
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Argument structure and valency: the grammatical relation direct object |
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Universidade Federal Fluminense |
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1413-9073 2358-4114 |
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This paper addresses the grammatical relation direct object, with the aim of analyzing the varying discourse manifestations of this element. As a result of this analysis, it is proposed a gradient treatment of objecthood, by means of a scale which ranks the direct object according to its degree of prototipicality. The research follows a functional perspective on language study, discussing syntactic, semantic and pragmatic aspects of the direct object, and considering the syntactic properties as derived from semantic and pragmatic properties of the verb the direct object is related to. The data for this study come from eight conversational narratives, collected from Corpus Discurso & Gramática: a língua falada e escrita na cidade do Natal. |
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estrutura argumental, objeto direto, tratamento escalar |
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http://www.gragoata.uff.br/index.php/gragoata/article/view/304 |
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