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Author
M.M. Dall'Aglio Hattnher
K. Hengeveld
Year
2016
Title
The Grammaticalization of Modal Verbs in Brazilian Portuguese: A Synchronic Approach
Journal
Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
Volume
15
Article number
1
Number of pages
14
Document type
Article
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities (FGw)
Institute
Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
Abstract
This paper analyzes the grammaticalization of modal verbs in Brazilian Portuguese from a synchronic perspective. It takes as its point of departure the hypothesis that grammaticalization is a process in which linguistic elements widen their scope. Since this process is gradual and involves one step at a time, the synchronic correlate of this hypothesis is that if a modal verb has multiple meanings, these meanings should be of contiguous scope types on the grammaticalization scale in their synchronic distribution. The corpus data on which the paper is based show that this prediction is fully confirmed.
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Language
English
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.487437
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