Abordagem funcional centrada no uso do subesquema [dentro de X]

Abstract

This research investigates uses of the subschema [dentro de X] in a synchronic perspective of Brazilian Portuguese, which licenses types such as dentro de casa, dentro da cultura, dentro do prazo. It aims to analyze formal and functional aspects of this subscheme, according to its uses. The theoretical support is the Usage-Based Functional Linguistics, as outlined in Furtado da Cunha, Bispo and Silva (2013) and in Bispo and Lopes (2022), which involves contemplating contributions from Construction Grammar in the terms of Goldberg (2003, 2006), Croft (2001), Traugott and Trousdale (2013), among others. The research is qualiquantitative, with empirical database composed of oral and written texts, compiled by Lacerda (2019) and made available by the Núcleo de Pesquisa em Abordagem Construcional e Tradução (NUPACT). This compilation contemplates material from the following oral corpora: Projeto Mineirês: a construção de um dialeto, Programa de Estudos sobre o Uso da Língua and Projeto da Norma Urbana Oral Culta do Rio de Janeiro. The written texts come from blogs, from informal magazines such as Ana Maria and Marie Claire, and from formal magazines such as Exame and Veja. Results reveal that, from a structural point of view, the slot X of the subschema [dentro de X] can be filled by nominal (lexical or pronominal) phrase or by a clause, with lexical NP being the most frequent. Semantically, [dentro de X] has circumstantial behavior and its instances convey the following senses: concrete place, virtual place, time and manner-conformity. These different senses are linked to semantic expansion of the constructs, that is possible by the conceptual maps’ action, mainly metaphorical projections, some of which preceded by metonymic processes, as well as social-interactional processes, for example (inter)subjectivity. In terms of constructional properties, [dentro de X] has as characteristic being partially schematic, highly productive and partially compositional.