Aug 2026· Cadernos de Letras da UFF· Vol 37· 0 citations· 7 references
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In this paper, we analyze the cognitive and interactional processes underlying the cause-effect degree construction with an intensifier (CGCEI, in Portuguese), a linguistic pattern that licenses tokens such as esgotados de tanto trabalhar, ridículo de tão fácil, and rouca de tanto cantar. Our theoretical support is the Usage-based Functional Linguistics (Furtado da Cunha; Bispo, 2013; Furtado da Cunha; Bispo, 2023), articulating concepts from Construction Grammar (Goldberg, 1995) and Cognitive Linguistics (Lakoff; Johnson, 1980). Methodologically, we conduct a qualitative and quantitative analysis of 444 occurrences of the CGCEI extracted from the Corpus do Português (NOW sample). Cognitively, the results reveal that the construction under analysis is modeled by metaphorical and metonymic operations based on IMPACTFUL EXPERIENCE frames. Furthermore, the data show that the CGCEI is perspectivized from the notion of effect as a viewpoint over the notion of cause. Pragmatically, the results point to the role of invited inference and (inter)subjectivity in instances of the construction, aiming to achieve diverse discursive effects.
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Monclar Guimarães Lopes, Andrea Peres Lima· Cadernos de Letras da UFF· 0 citations
This article analyzes the ideational realization of the grammatical category Subject in two editorials published in the newspaper O Globo in August 2025, both centered on issues related to the Amazon in the context of COP30. Drawing on Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), the study investigates how lexico-grammatical...
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Ana Cláudia Machado dos Santos· Cadernos de Letras da UFF· 0 citations
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This article investigates for the first time a subgroup of Basque comparatives that show variation in their standard of comparison, both from a theoretical and experimental perspective. Based on data from descriptive and prescriptive grammars, and on the results collected through a controlled experiment carried out amo...
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