Emergence of contrastive junctions in the history of Portuguese: contexts, polysemy and subjectivization
This paper discusses meaning change in the domain of junctions. According to a theoretical frame which grants pragmatics a status of driving force of change, I focus on the importance of context for the emergence of polysemy and seek criteria to analyze the tendency for meaning subjectivization. The...
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Universidade de São Paulo
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.usp.br/flp/article/view/113070 |