Gramática das construções e morfologia: um estudo sobre a rede de construções superlativas sufixais de desencontro do português

Abstract

Part of the macro project “Morphological Superlative Construction of Portuguese” (Miranda, 2012), this work aims at developing the discussions of Machado (2011) about one of the network nodules of Morphological Superlative Constructions, here referred as the Suffixed Superlative Mismatched Construction (SSMC). The main theoretical assumptions adopted are the Construction Grammar (GOLDBERG, 1995, 2006; BOAS, 2013) as a Usage Based Model (GOLDBER 2006; BYBEE, 1985, 2006, 2008, 2010; LANGACKER, 1987, CROFT & CRUSE, 2004), Frames Semantics (FILLMORE, 1977, 1982, 2008, and others) and for formulation models we adopted the Constructicon (FILLMORE, LEE-GOLDMAN E RHODES, 2012) and a fomulation based on Attributes and Values, proposed by Rhodes (1992). The constructional nodule analyzed here, is a morphological construction built from the integration of a non-gradable chore (as solteiro,casado, gravida, almoço, café) with a superlative scale operator (- íssimo, -ésimo, -érrimo, -aço, -ão/-ona). The methodological choice, come from our engagement to empiricism, led to the search on natural corpora. In this approach, there was built a specific corpus of this construction based on real and spontaneous data of linguistic use, verified by two electronic concordancer: Web Concordancer beta and WebCorp. Our corpus is made of 165 types and 7.419 tokens. Our analysis points to a more general constructional pattern - Suffixed Superlative Mismatched Construction – hierarchal motivated by the harmonic Suffixed Superlative Construction, which is liked, by inheritance, to two constructions sub pattern (i) Suffixed Superlative Construction of Absolut States (SSCAS), with predicative function and non-graduable chore that emerges the frame Superlative_position_on_a_scale; and (ii) Suffixed Superlative Construction of Reference (SSCR), with referential function, that evocates the frame Entity_position_on_a_superlative_scale. The results have served to a well-made articulation between the theoretical and analytical construct of Construction Grammar and Derivation Morphology. Besides, it still contributes on the description of a nodule of a peripheral network of Portuguese construction.