Constraints on the usage of verbal negation in Brazilian portuguese– Evidence from a spoken corpus

The verbal negation system of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) presents three forms: preverbal, double and postverbal negation, as can be seen in the following examples: *MIC: [91] mas / Michael / eunãofalonessesentido // (ii) *DOM: [101] cêsnũlêemissomaisnão // (iii) *RUT: [220] participanão / minha...

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Autores principales: Lima e Silva, Luis Filipe, Mello, Heliana
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Publicado: Universidad de Costa Rica. Campus Rodrigo Facio. Sitio web: https://www.ucr.ac.cr/ Teléfono: (506) 2511-4000. Correo de soporte: revistas@ucr.ac.cr 2017
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spelling KANINA302302022-05-31T02:51:55Z Constraints on the usage of verbal negation in Brazilian portuguese– Evidence from a spoken corpus Lima e Silva, Luis Filipe Mello, Heliana verbal negation Brazilian Portuguese corpus prosody pragmatics The verbal negation system of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) presents three forms: preverbal, double and postverbal negation, as can be seen in the following examples: *MIC: [91] mas / Michael / eunãofalonessesentido // (ii) *DOM: [101] cêsnũlêemissomaisnão // (iii) *RUT: [220] participanão / minhafilha //. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether there is any kind of prosodic-informational restriction to the distribution and use of the above-mentioned negation forms in BP through the spontaneous speech corpus C-ORAL-BRASIL BRASIL (Raso& Mello, 2012). Through the analysis of the data collected from C-ORAL-BRASIL, we propose that double and postverbal negation can only occur in illocutionary information units (COM, CMM, COB), whereas preverbal negation has free distribution, occurring in both illocutionary and non-illocutionary textual units. This indicates that non-canonical negation forms depend on illocutionary force in order to be fully realized.  Universidad de Costa Rica. Campus Rodrigo Facio. Sitio web: https://www.ucr.ac.cr/ Teléfono: (506) 2511-4000. Correo de soporte: revistas@ucr.ac.cr 2017-08-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article Article application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/30230 10.15517/rk.v40i4.30230 Káñina; Vol. 40 No. 4 (2016): Káñina número extraordinario; 123-134 Káñina; Vol. 40 Núm. 4 (2016): Káñina número extraordinario; 123-134 Káñina; Vol. 40 N.º 4 (2016): Káñina número extraordinario; 123-134 2215-2636 0378-0473 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/30230/30209 Derechos de autor 2017 Káñina
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Constraints on the usage of verbal negation in Brazilian portuguese– Evidence from a spoken corpus
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description The verbal negation system of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) presents three forms: preverbal, double and postverbal negation, as can be seen in the following examples: *MIC: [91] mas / Michael / eunãofalonessesentido // (ii) *DOM: [101] cêsnũlêemissomaisnão // (iii) *RUT: [220] participanão / minhafilha //. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether there is any kind of prosodic-informational restriction to the distribution and use of the above-mentioned negation forms in BP through the spontaneous speech corpus C-ORAL-BRASIL BRASIL (Raso& Mello, 2012). Through the analysis of the data collected from C-ORAL-BRASIL, we propose that double and postverbal negation can only occur in illocutionary information units (COM, CMM, COB), whereas preverbal negation has free distribution, occurring in both illocutionary and non-illocutionary textual units. This indicates that non-canonical negation forms depend on illocutionary force in order to be fully realized. 
title Constraints on the usage of verbal negation in Brazilian portuguese– Evidence from a spoken corpus
title_short Constraints on the usage of verbal negation in Brazilian portuguese– Evidence from a spoken corpus
title_full Constraints on the usage of verbal negation in Brazilian portuguese– Evidence from a spoken corpus
title_fullStr Constraints on the usage of verbal negation in Brazilian portuguese– Evidence from a spoken corpus
title_full_unstemmed Constraints on the usage of verbal negation in Brazilian portuguese– Evidence from a spoken corpus
title_sort constraints on the usage of verbal negation in brazilian portuguese– evidence from a spoken corpus
publisher Universidad de Costa Rica. Campus Rodrigo Facio. Sitio web: https://www.ucr.ac.cr/ Teléfono: (506) 2511-4000. Correo de soporte: revistas@ucr.ac.cr
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