Basic illocutions in the native languages of Brazil

This paper shows that the distribution of basic illocutions (defined as grammatical structures that can be related to a default communicative intentions) within and across the indigenous languages of Brazil can be described systematically in terms of a set of implicational hierarchies by means of w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hengeveld, Kess, Bechara, Eli Nazareth, Camacho, Roberto Gomes, Guerra, Alessandra Regina, Oliveira, Taísa Peres de, Penhavel, Eduardo, Pezatti, Erotilde Goreti, Santana, Liliane, Souza, Edson Rosa Francisco de, Teixeira, Maria Luiza de Sousa
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Lenguaje:Portugués
Publicado: UNESP 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/1438
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/63838
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Sumario:This paper shows that the distribution of basic illocutions (defined as grammatical structures that can be related to a default communicative intentions) within and across the indigenous languages of Brazil can be described systematically in terms of a set of implicational hierarchies by means of which the existence of certain basic illocutions can be predicted from the existence of others. In doing so, a case is made for a major distinction between propositional and behavioural basic illocutions, the former having to do with the exchange of information, the latter with influencing behaviour.