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Chapter 10. Analyzing a parametric change in Brazilian Portuguese

A sociolinguistic investigation
  • Maria Eugênia Lammoglia Duarte
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Studies on Variation in Portuguese
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Abstract

This chapter presents an empirical investigation of a process of change in course in Brazilian Portuguese related to the re-setting of the value of the Null Subject Parameter. Structural constraints that facilitate or refrain the change towards overt pronominal subjects come from diachronic and synchronic analyses. A discussion concerning how non-referential subjects are affected is also presented. Brazilian Portuguese topic prominence will be shown to be responsible not only for the lack of lexical expletives in the system but also for the emergence of a number of strategies consisting in the raising of referential contituents to Spec, TP, so as to avoid a null expletive. The theoretical framework guiding the analysis associates Principles and Parameters Theory (Chomsky, 1981 and subsequent work) and the model to study Language Variation and Change as proposed by Weinreich, Labov, and Herzog (1986). It will be shown that the theoretical support adopted highlights the path for the empirical analysis, from the establishment of hypotheses and linguistic factors constraing the process to the interpretation of the effects of the change.

Abstract

This chapter presents an empirical investigation of a process of change in course in Brazilian Portuguese related to the re-setting of the value of the Null Subject Parameter. Structural constraints that facilitate or refrain the change towards overt pronominal subjects come from diachronic and synchronic analyses. A discussion concerning how non-referential subjects are affected is also presented. Brazilian Portuguese topic prominence will be shown to be responsible not only for the lack of lexical expletives in the system but also for the emergence of a number of strategies consisting in the raising of referential contituents to Spec, TP, so as to avoid a null expletive. The theoretical framework guiding the analysis associates Principles and Parameters Theory (Chomsky, 1981 and subsequent work) and the model to study Language Variation and Change as proposed by Weinreich, Labov, and Herzog (1986). It will be shown that the theoretical support adopted highlights the path for the empirical analysis, from the establishment of hypotheses and linguistic factors constraing the process to the interpretation of the effects of the change.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. The study of variation in Portuguese 1
  4. Part 1. Variation within national varieties of Portuguese
  5. Chapter 1. Stressed vowels of European Portuguese in spontaneous speech 23
  6. Chapter 2. Glide insertion to break a hiatus across words in European Portuguese 49
  7. Chapter 3. Building a prosodic profile of European Portuguese varieties 81
  8. Chapter 4. The yes-no question contour in Brazilian Portuguese 111
  9. Chapter 5. “ Vocês tenham cuidado, sois educadas para isso” 135
  10. Chapter 6. Variable use of strong preterites 153
  11. Chapter 7. Conditions on variation in pre-nominal possessives in European Portuguese 177
  12. Chapter 8. Clitic climbing in the speech of Braga and Lisbon 199
  13. Chapter 9. Linguistic and social embedding of variable concord with 1st plural nós ‘we’ in Brazilian Portuguese 219
  14. Chapter 10. Analyzing a parametric change in Brazilian Portuguese 233
  15. Part 2. Variation across national varieties of Portuguese
  16. Chapter 11. Agreement in Portuguese 257
  17. Chapter 12. The Portuguese inflected infinitive across varieties 279
  18. Chapter 13. Dative variation in the Portuguese of São Tomé 301
  19. Chapter 14. Simple past with pluperfect interpretation 321
  20. Proper-name index 341
  21. Subject index 343
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.14.10dua

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. The study of variation in Portuguese 1
  4. Part 1. Variation within national varieties of Portuguese
  5. Chapter 1. Stressed vowels of European Portuguese in spontaneous speech 23
  6. Chapter 2. Glide insertion to break a hiatus across words in European Portuguese 49
  7. Chapter 3. Building a prosodic profile of European Portuguese varieties 81
  8. Chapter 4. The yes-no question contour in Brazilian Portuguese 111
  9. Chapter 5. “ Vocês tenham cuidado, sois educadas para isso” 135
  10. Chapter 6. Variable use of strong preterites 153
  11. Chapter 7. Conditions on variation in pre-nominal possessives in European Portuguese 177
  12. Chapter 8. Clitic climbing in the speech of Braga and Lisbon 199
  13. Chapter 9. Linguistic and social embedding of variable concord with 1st plural nós ‘we’ in Brazilian Portuguese 219
  14. Chapter 10. Analyzing a parametric change in Brazilian Portuguese 233
  15. Part 2. Variation across national varieties of Portuguese
  16. Chapter 11. Agreement in Portuguese 257
  17. Chapter 12. The Portuguese inflected infinitive across varieties 279
  18. Chapter 13. Dative variation in the Portuguese of São Tomé 301
  19. Chapter 14. Simple past with pluperfect interpretation 321
  20. Proper-name index 341
  21. Subject index 343
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