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Having a resultant state is not the same as having resultative constructions: pseudo-resultative secondary predicates and adjunct result clauses in Brazilian Portuguese

ABSTRACT:

This paper’s goal is to resume the discussion on the literature surrounding the presence of resultative constructions in Brazilian Portuguese. This work defends the hypothesis that there are no syntactic - and, consequently - semantic equivalents in that language. In order to justify this proposal, it will be shown that languages with distinct framings (cf.: Talmy 2000_____. 2000. Toward a cognitive semantics. Cambridge: The MIT Press., 2009_____. 2009. Main Verb Properties and Equipollent Framing. In: GUO; Jian-Sheng; LIEVEN, Elena; BUDWIG, Nancy; ERVIN-TRIPP, Susan; NAKAMURA, Keiko; ÖZÇALIŞKAN, Şeyda. (Eds.). Crosslinguistic Approaches to the Psychology of Language: Research in the Tradition of Dan Isaac Slobin. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates., 2012_____. 2012. Main verb properties. International Journal of Cognitive Linguistics 3: 1-24.) license distinct constructions. Moreover, unlike the constructions defended as resultatives in Brazilian Portuguese, genuine resultative constructions correspond only to contexts in which the verb denotes manner, and the resultant state is expressed by a secondary predicate, part of a single clause domain (vP).

Key words:
Resultative constructions; Secondary predicates; Generative Grammar; Brazilian Portuguese

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