The diachrony in XV constructions in the writing of Santa Catarina

Authors

  • Izete Lehmkuhl Coelho UFSC - Florianópolis - SC
  • Marco Antonio Martins UFRN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-8412.2009v6n1p73

Abstract

Using statistical results presented by Coelho (2008) and Martins (2009) on variation and change in subject order and clitic position in XV contexts, we investigate in this study the empirical standards of the (X)VS(O) order in plays written by Brazilian playwriters born in Santa Catarina, Brazil, during the 19th and 20th centuries. Based on three periods of time, comparative analysis shows that the writing of Santa Catarina at the end of the 20th century lost the Germanic inversion and presents an increase in proclisis associated to SV constructions. The texts present, however, a very regular use of the unacusative inversion, not related to the grammatical change which is in the origin of Brazilian Portuguese.

Author Biography

Izete Lehmkuhl Coelho, UFSC - Florianópolis - SC

Graduação em Licenciatura em Letras pela UFSC (1979), mestrado em Literatura pela UFSC (1988) e doutorado em Lingüística pela UFSC (2000). Fez estudos de pós-doutorado em Lingüística na UNICAMP de setembro/2005 a agosto/2006. É professora de Lingüística, nível adjunto IV, da UFSC e membro do Projeto VARSUL (Variação Lingüística Urbana da Região Sul) desde 1992.

Mais informações: Currículo Lattes - CNPq.

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Published

2010-02-22

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2009)

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