When speaking becomes demanding: the construction FALAR PARA V. infinitive in Portuguese, a cognitive explanation

In this paper, we focus on the construction FALAR PARA V.infinitive in Brazilian Portuguese (BP), in oral and written modalities, in contexts in which a manipulative sense emerges. The sharing of semantic-grammatical domains between the verbs pedir (to ask) and falar (to speak), such as the conceptu...

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Main Author: Vanda Maria Cardozo de Menezes
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense 2018-08-01
Series:Gragoatá
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Online Access:http://www.gragoata.uff.br/index.php/gragoata/article/view/1146