Um estudo das construções [V1acabar Preppor V2infinitivo]arg e [V1acabar V2gerúndio]arg no gênero notícia

Abstract

This research had as its object of study the auxiliary verb constructions (Anderson, 2006) of indirect incidence [V1acabar Preppor V2infinitivo] and direct incidence [V1acabar V2gerúndio] (Barroso, 1944). To develop this study, we started with the investigation by Travaglia (2004), who discussed the grammaticalization of acabar, finding a value of resultativity when in these constructions. The general objective, in this sense, was to analyze these constructions in the light of theories of Construction Grammar (Lakoff, 1974; Paul Kay, 1984; Fillmore, 1985; Langacker, 1987; Fillmore, 1988; Goldberg, 1995; Croft, 2001; Traugott e Trousdale, 2013; Palomanes, 2007), and from the argumentative perspective of language (Ducrot and his collaborators, 1988; 1989; 1990; 1999; 2005; 2009; Adam, 2019). Contrary to previous studies (Rodero, 2010; Rafael, 2023), which found an aspectual value to the construction, the thesis was explored that the constructions studied, being part of different constructional patterns, give the discourse a functional value as an argumentative operator. The corpus was made up of 320 occurrences taken from texts available on the Corpus do Português website, from the 20th and 21st centuries, since, for these periods, a larger sample of data from Brazilian Portuguese is presented, the variety chosen for this study. The quantitative analysis of this research found greater productivity for construction [V1acabar V2gerúndio] in Brazilian Portuguese. Furthermore, regarding the resultative notion, it was noted that the constructions do not evoke semantic scenes and cannot, therefore, be considered Argumental Structure Constructions (Goldberg, 1995). However, it was noticed that, in argumentative sequences, they perform the function of an argumentative operator, or a discursive marker, by highlighting the action expressed by V2 apparent at the conclusion of the sequence. However, they do not have the function of raking arguments, considering that, as already mentioned, they only appear at the end of the sequence. It was confirmed that they deal with constructions with distinct pragmatic function, in argumentative sequences, since conclusions beginning with V2 in the participle are not subject to counter-argument, while those introduced by V2 in the gerund accept counter-argument.