The affixoid ‘lá’ in Portuguese constructions - space perspectivization and (inter)subjectification

• Published in: Revista Linguística
• Main Author: Mariângela Rios de Oliveira
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2018-04-01
• Subjects: Perspectivização espacial, subjetificação, construção gramatical, afixoide lá.
• Online Access: https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/rl/article/view/14911
• ISSN: 1808-835X; 2238-975X

<p class="Default">In this article, in accordance with Usage-Based Functional Linguistics, in terms of Traugott and Trousdale (2013,) and Bybee (2010, 2015), among others, we investigate the affixoid “lá” as a subpart of three constructions instantiated in Brazilian Portuguese: textual connector (“lá vai”, “lá está”), discursive marker (“vamos lá”, “olhe lá”), and degree intensifier (“para lá de bonita”, “para lá de charmoso”). We argue that the use of “lá” in the three schemes is motivated by inferences that are negotiated between the interlocutors, based on properties of the locative, related to the type of perspectivized spatialization, when referring to a more distant and vague place in relation to the interlocutors, and to the strategies of (inter) subjectification.</p>