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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Argument marking with prepositions in German : a constructional approach to 'auf' ('on')

Moehring, Anja 15 October 2013 (has links)
Argument marking prepositions in German are part of more complex structures referred to here as verb-preposition combinations (verb-PPs), e.g. warten auf ('to wait for') and pochen auf ('to insist on'). The preposition auf ('on') attaches to a wide range of verbs to form such combinations in which auf encodes different semantic relations that elude concrete description. Nevertheless, previous research in valency theory and related approaches could identify patterns in the distribution of verb-PP[subscript 'auf'] combinations (Eroms 1981, 1991, Lerot 1982, Bouillon 1984, Domínguez Vázquez 2005), based on perceived similarities in the meaning of the governing verbs. Cognitive linguistics provides insights into seemingly opaque senses of prepositions by analyzing them as motivated by metaphorical meaning extension (Brugman 1988, Lakoff 1987, Meex 2001, Liamkina 2007). Finally, generative approaches scrutinize the semantic relationships between verbs and their PP-arguments and systematize them under the concept of semantic roles (Fillmore 1968, Rauh 1993). However, none of these approaches can fully account for the distribution of verb-PPauf combinations in German. This dissertation proposes a novel approach towards identifying and analyzing the distributional patterns of verb-PP[subscript 'auf'] combinations by applying insights from Frame Semantics (Fillmore 1982, 1985) and Construction Grammar (Goldberg 1995, 2006). Goldberg's theory of argument structure constructions already served as a model for analyzing auf as a partially schematic argument structure construction encoding the meaning 'future orientation/future event' (Rostila 2007). Based on a large amount of corpus data, I show that such generalizing accounts are better arrived at by employing a usage-based bottom-up approach to verb-PP[subscript 'auf'] combinations. I argue that the detailed semantic and syntactic information provided by the lexical database FrameNet for each lexical unit can be used to identify distributional patterns and to describe them in detail. Furthermore, I argue that integrating the verb-PP[subscript 'auf'] combinations and the frames they evoke into a hierarchical lexical-constructional network allows us to discover substantiated generalizations about these combinations while at the same time preserving the description of their idiosyncratic features. / text
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Complexo oracional subjetivo sob a abordagem construcional da mudança

Moura, Marcela Zambolim de 20 March 2017 (has links)
Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-05-11T20:09:12Z No. of bitstreams: 1 marcelazambolimdemoura.pdf: 1517569 bytes, checksum: c9a6836aa681e51ba066ec04a14198c9 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-05-17T15:23:43Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 marcelazambolimdemoura.pdf: 1517569 bytes, checksum: c9a6836aa681e51ba066ec04a14198c9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-17T15:23:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 marcelazambolimdemoura.pdf: 1517569 bytes, checksum: c9a6836aa681e51ba066ec04a14198c9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-20 / Nesta tese, dedicamo-nos a investigar orações matrizes, compostas por verbo ser e predicativo, e suas orações encaixadas, que funcionam sintaticamente como sujeito, sob a luz da abordagem construcional da mudança, proposta por Traugott (2008a, 2008b) e Traugott e Trousdale (2013). Objetivamos compreender como o complexo oracional subjetivo composto por verbo ser e predicativo na matriz se organiza e se desenvolve na língua portuguesa. Nesse cenário, intentamos, mais especificamente: (a) identificar níveis esquemáticos, a saber, macroconstrução, mesoconstrução, microconstrução e construto (TRAUGOTT 2008a, 2008b); (b) descrever, pontualmente, as microconstruções do complexo oracional subjetivo na língua portuguesa; (c) propor uma rede construcional para o complexo oracional subjetivo composto por verbo ser e predicativo na matriz. Trabalhamos com ocorrências do século XIII ao século XXI, em uma abordagem pancrônica (NEVES, 1997), através de um estudo sincrônico com comprovação diacrônica. Os corpora sincrônicos são constituídos por textos da modalidade escrita e oral da língua. A modalidade escrita é composta por textos retirados de blogs e de revistas online de circulação nacional, a saber, "Revista Veja", "Revista Isto é", "Revista Época", "Revista Caras", "Revista Cláudia" e "Revista Ana Maria". A oralidade é composta por entrevistas selecionadas em três corpora distintos: " Projeto Mineirês: a construção de um dialeto", projeto "PEUL – Programa de Estudos sobre o Uso da Língua" e projeto "NURC/RJ – Projeto da Norma Urbana Oral Culta do Rio de Janeiro". Os dados diacrônicos foram coletados do projeto " CIPM – Corpus Informatizado do Português Medieval" e projeto "TychoBrahe". A partir da análise de dados, identificamos 9 padrões microconstrucionais do complexo oracional subjetivo composto por verbo ser e predicativo na matriz, que apresentam características funcionais e formais específicas e, ao mesmo tempo, similaridades que permitem agrupá-las em níveis construcionais intermediários. Além disso, identificamos um nível hierárquico, altamente esquemático, que abarca todas as construções observadas. Nesse sentido, a análise realizada, conduzida por uma metodologia qualitativa e quantitativa, nos permite defender que o complexo oracional subjetivo composto por verbo ser e predicativo na matriz apresenta padrões construcionais que atendem a propósitos comunicativos distintos. / In this thesis, based on the constructional approach to language change, proposed by Traugott (2008a, 2008b) and Traugott and Trousdale (2013), we are dedicated to investigate main clauses, composed of the verb to be and predicative, and its embedded clauses, which work syntactically as a subject. We aim to understand how the subjective clausal complex consisting of verb be and predicate in the matrix is organized and developed in the Portuguese language. In this scenario, we undertake, specifically: (a) to identify schematic levels, namely macroconstruction, mesoconstruction, microconstruction and construct (TRAUGOTT 2008a, 2008b); (b) to describe, accurately, the microconstructions of the subjective sentence complex in the Portuguese language; (c) propose a constructional network for the subjective sentence complex consisting of the verb be and predicative in the matrix in the Portuguese language. We work with data from the thirteenth century to the twenty-first century, in a panchronic approach (NEVES, 1997), by means of a synchronic study with diachronic evidence. The synchronic corpora are constituted by texts of the written and oral modality of the language. The written modality consists of texts taken from blogs and online magazines of national circulation, namely "Revista Veja", "Revista Isto é", "Revista Época", "Revista Caras", "Revista Cláudia" and "Revista Ana Maria". The orality is composed of interviews selected from three distinct corpora: "Projeto Mineirês: a construção de um dialeto", project "PEUL - Programa de Estudos sobre o Uso da Língua" and project "NURC / RJ - Projeto da Norma Urbana Oral Culta do Rio de Janeiro". The diachronic data were collected from the project "CIPM - Corpus Informatizado do Português Medieval" and project "Tycho Brahe". From the data analysis, we identified 9 microconstructional patterns of the subjective sentence complex composed by the verb to be and predicate in the matrix, which present specific functional and formal characteristics and, at the same time, similarities that allow them to be grouped in intermediate constructional levels. In addition, we have identified a hierarchical, highly schematic level that encompasses all observed constructs. In this sense, the accomplished analysis, conducted by a qualitative and quantitative methodology, allows us to defend that the subjective sentence complex composed by the verb to be and predicative in the matrix presents constructional patterns that serve different communicative purposes.
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Construções avaliativas com “super”, “mega”, “hiper” e “ultra” na língua portuguesa – uma proposta de rede construcional a partir da Linguística Funcional Centrada no Uso

Dall'Orto, Lauriê Ferreira Martins 26 March 2018 (has links)
Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2018-06-15T10:57:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 laurieferreiramartinsdallorto.pdf: 1905791 bytes, checksum: 907b1d7709c448dd60f4fb54abdd1d2a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-09-03T16:06:20Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 laurieferreiramartinsdallorto.pdf: 1905791 bytes, checksum: 907b1d7709c448dd60f4fb54abdd1d2a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-03T16:06:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 laurieferreiramartinsdallorto.pdf: 1905791 bytes, checksum: 907b1d7709c448dd60f4fb54abdd1d2a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-26 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Na presente tese, dedicamo-nos à compreensão de como construções avaliativas com “super”, “mega”, “hiper” e “ultra” se instanciam e se convencionalizam na língua portuguesa. Assumimos, dessa maneira, o aporte teórico da Linguística Funcional Centrada no Uso (BYBEE, 2010; MARTELOTTA, 2011; FURTADO DA CUNHA et al., 2013; TRAUGOTT & TROUSDALE, 2013; ROSÁRIO & OLIVEIRA, 2016; BISPO & SILVA, 2016), partindo do pressuposto de que tais construções avaliativas teriam sido moldadas no e pelo contexto de uso, passando a integrar a gramática da língua. Logo, nossas hipóteses de investigação são as seguintes: (a) “super”, “mega”, “hiper” e “ultra” cumprem novos propósitos comunicativos na língua que diferem de seus usos como prefixos; (b) os usos das construções avaliativas com “super”, “mega”, “hiper” e “ultra” constituem um pareamento forma-função, embora recente, na língua portuguesa. Diante das hipóteses apresentadas, nossos objetivos mais específicos são, nesse sentido, (i) descrever os padrões construcionais, ou pareamentos forma-função, das construções avaliativas com “super”, “mega”, “hiper” e “ultra”, de maneira a identificar os três níveis de esquematicidade propostos por Traugott e Trousdale (2013) – esquema, subesquema e microconstrução – e (ii) propor uma rede construcional que relacione as construções analisadas de maneira hierárquica em torno de um esquema abstrato comum. A fim de cumprirmos os objetivos propostos neste trabalho, constituímos um corpus para a análise dos dados, com a distribuição dos textos, retirados de blogs e de revistas disponíveis na internet, em três níveis de formalidade – que se estabelecem em um continuum – e em três diferentes sincronias. Nossa análise se realiza a partir do equacionamento entre a análise qualitativa e o cálculo da frequência de uso, uma vez que objetivamos identificar e descrever os pareamentos forma-função vinculados a cada nível de esquematicidade, os quais se convencionalizam na língua a partir do aumento da frequência de uso. Os resultados obtidos apontam que “super”, “mega”, “hiper” e “ultra”, mediante um processo analógico com o esquema {[advérbio de intensidade] + [adjetivo/advérbio]} – que tem como principal representante o advérbio de intensidade canônico “muito” anteposto a adjetivo ou a advérbio – e a partir de suas acepções de origem e de seus usos como prefixos, instanciam na língua um esquema mais abstrato e mais geral para a indexação do posicionamento avaliativo do locutor no discurso por meio da intensificação e da focalização. Além disso, identificamos treze microconstruções que se distribuem, por similaridades e por especificidades no que tange às suas propriedades formais e funcionais, em três subesquemas que se diferenciam semanticamente em função do escopo da intensificação e da focalização e, consequentemente, do papel morfossintático exercido por “super”, “mega”, “hiper” e “ultra” nas construções. Nesse contexto, demonstramos como esquema, subesquemas e microconstruções são responsáveis pela emergência de novas construções avaliativas com “super”, “mega”, “hiper” e “ultra” na língua, bem como pelo estabelecimento de uma rede construcional disponível para o acesso do locutor para a produção de um discurso coerente. / In this thesis, we dedicated ouselves to understanding how evaluative constructions with “super”, “mega”, “hiper” and “ultra” are instantiated and conventionalized in the Portuguese language. In this way, we take on the theoretical contribution of Usage-based Functional Linguistics (BYBEE, 2010; MARTELOTTA, 2011; FURTADO DA CUNHA et al., 2013; TRAUGOTT & TROUSDALE, 2013; ROSÁRIO & OLIVEIRA, 2016; BISPO & SILVA, 2016), starting from the assumption that such evaluative constructions would have been shaped in and by the context of use, and so being integrated in the grammar structure of the language. Our research hypothesis are the following: (a) “super”, “mega”, “hiper” and “ultra” fulfill new communicative purposes constructions that differ from their uses as prefixes; (b) the uses of evaluative constructions with “super”, “mega”, “hiper” and “ultra” constitute a form-function pairing which is recent within the Portuguese language though. In view of such a hypothesis, our most specific aims, in this sense, are (i) to describe the constructional patterns, or form-function pairings, of evaluative constructions with “super”, “mega”, “hiper” and “ultra” to identify the three schematic levels proposed by Traugott and Trousdale (2013) – scheme, subscheme and microconstruction – and (ii) propose a constructional network that would be able to relate the analysed constructions in a hierarchical way around a common abstract scheme. In order to fulfill the objectives proposed in this paper, we have constituted a corpus for the analysis of data, with the distribution of texts, taken from blogs and magazines available on the Internet, in three levels of formality – established within a continuum – and in three different synchronies. Our analysis is based on the equation between the qualitative analysis and on the frequency calculation of use, since we aim at identifying and describing the form-function pairings linked to each level of schematicity, which are conventionalized in the language through the increasement of their frequency in the use of the language.The obtained results point out that “super”, “mega”, “hiper” and “ultra”, through an analogical process with the scheme {[adverb of intensity] + [adjective/adverb]} – which has as its main representative the adverb of canonical intensity “muito” before an adjective or an adverb – and from their original meanings and their uses as prefixes, they instantiate in the language a more abstract and more general scheme for the indexation of the evaluative speaker’s positioning within the discourse by means of intensification and focus. In addition, we identified thirteen microconstructions which are distributed, by similarities and specificities regarding their formal and functional properties, in three subschemes that differ semantically because of the scope intensification and the focusing and as a consequence the morphosyntactic role played by “super”, “mega”, “hiper” and “ultra” in the constructions they appear. In this context, we demonstrate how the scheme, subschemes and microconstructions are responsible for the emergence of new evaluative constructions with “super”, “mega”, “hiper” and “ultra” in the language as well as the establishment of a constructional network available to the speaker access in the production of a coherent discourse.

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