Intensive concessive structures in spoken Spanish: a functional discourse point of view

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https://doi.org/10.5433/1519-5392.2017v17n1p37

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Concession, Spanish Language, Functional discourse grammar

Abstract

In this article, we study the concessive constructions in peninsular spoken Spanish introduced by conjunctive locution, por mucho que in the light of Functional Discourse Grammar theory (HENGEVELD; MACKENZIE, 2008). It is intended to investigate in which level and layer proposed by this theory these constructions act. As investigation universe, we analyze surveys from PRESEEA Project according to the following criteria: levels and layers of acting, verbal tenses and moods of the clauses, ordering and prosodic marks. The results show that the clauses prefaced by such structures can act in the layer of the Discursive Acts, as a rhetorical function, or even in the Propositional Content layer as a semantic function. The recurrent use of new constructions in the language to express semantic notions such as concessivity, as in the case of Por mucho [N] que [N/pron] Vsubj (ROSARIO, 2014), can be explained by the fact that communicative needs lead the speakers to be specific through grammatical coding.

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Talita Storti Garcia, UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista

PhD in Linguistic Studies from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Professor at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP/IBILCE).

Camila Rodrigues de Amorim, UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista

Graduated in Letters Degree at UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", campus of São José do Rio Preto.

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2017-12-29

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GARCIA, T. S.; AMORIM, C. R. de. Intensive concessive structures in spoken Spanish: a functional discourse point of view. Entretextos, Londrina, v. 17, n. 1, p. 37–60, 2017. DOI: 10.5433/1519-5392.2017v17n1p37. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/entretextos/article/view/29745. Acesso em: 13 may. 2024.

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