Regularities in semantic change: a case study in the domain of junctions
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2016-07-01
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Longhin, Sanderleia Roberta [UNESP]
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Univ Fed Rio De Janeiro, Fac Letras
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The aim of this paper is to analyze regular patterns in semantic change based on the description, from a longitudinal perspective, of two courses of semantic-pragmatic change followed by the junction enquanto, which have originated expressions of meaning with a higher level of subjectivity: contrast, which arises from a perception of difference, incompatibility or conflict between entities comparable at some level; and condition, which results from the creation of hypothetical scenarios, based on reality or not. Following a theoretical model which assigns a key role to pragmatics in semantic change (TRAUGOTT; DASHER, 2002) and considering the corpus to be composed of texts in different genres ranging from the 18th to the 21st century, I focus primarily on the weight of source meanings, the kind of context leading to the emergence of polysemy and the status of the new meanings.
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semantic change, junction, polysemy, context
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Laborhistorico. Rio De Janeiro Rj: Univ Fed Rio De Janeiro, Fac Letras, v. 2, n. 2, p. 130-148, 2016.