Rhetorical relations in participle clauses

Authors

  • António Leal Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto / Centro de Linguística da Universidade do Porto
  • Purificação Silvano Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto / Centro de Linguística da Universidade do Porto
  • Fátima Oliveira Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto / Centro de Linguística da Universidade do Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln2ano2016a13

Keywords:

semantics, clauses of participle, rhetorical relations, participle, conectors

Abstract

The main objective of this work is to describe the semantic values of sentences with clauses of participle with a NP as an internal argument of the verb, using the framework of rhetorical relations. To achieve this goal, we analyse two relevant sources of information: the participle and the connectors. Insofar as the first source, we assess the frequency of regular and irregular participles in the considered corpus, investigate the semantic nature of the participial forms and evaluate their role in inferring the rhetorical relations. As to the second source, we study the semantic value of the connectors and their role in the final reading of the structures under analysis. Finally, we consider the interaction between these two types of information sources.

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Published

2016-10-31

How to Cite

Leal, A., Silvano, P., & Oliveira, F. (2016). Rhetorical relations in participle clauses. Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association, (2), 295–317. https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln2ano2016a13

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No. 2 (2016): Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association

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