Lexicalization patterns in Brazilian Portuguese

• Main Authors: Dorival Gonçalves Santos Filho, Heronides Maurílio de Melo Moura
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul 2016-10-01
• Series: Signo
• Subjects: Padrão de lexicalização. Primitivos semânticos. Padrão híbrido.
• Online Access: https://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/signo/article/view/7099

Neolatin languages belong to a lexicalization pattern in which the verbal root expresses semantic primitives of MOVE and PATH, leaving MANNER or CAUSE to be expressed by an adverb or the gerund form. In German origin languages, on the contrary, verbs lexicalize the semantic primitives of MOVE, MANNER or CAUSE; as for the PATH, it is expressed by a grammatical element that is associated to the verb. Taking into consideration some of the concepts of event of move, guided by Cognitive Semantics, and an analysis of examples extracted from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings’ books, the present study aims at showing, at least, three lexicalization patterns in which Brazilian Portuguese fits in.