Basic illocutions in the native languages of Brazil

Authors

  • Kess Hengeveld UvA - Universiteit van Amsterdam/Amsterdam - Holanda
  • Eli Nazareth Bechara UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista/São José do Rio Preto - SP
  • Roberto Gomes Camacho UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista/São José do Rio Preto - SP
  • Alessandra Regina Guerra UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista/São José do Rio Preto - SP
  • Taísa Peres de Oliveira UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista/São José do Rio Preto - SP
  • Eduardo Penhavel UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas/Campinas - SP ; UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista/São José do Rio Preto - SP
  • Erotilde Goreti Pezatti UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista/São José do Rio Preto - SP
  • Liliane Santana UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista/São José do Rio Preto - SP
  • Edson Rosa Francisco de Souza UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas/Campinas - SP ; UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista/São José do Rio Preto - SP
  • Maria Luiza de Sousa Teixeira UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista/São José do Rio Preto - SP

Keywords:

Typology, Illocution, Indigenous Languages, Functional Discourse Grammar,

Abstract

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.

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Published

19/05/2009

How to Cite

HENGEVELD, K.; BECHARA, E. N.; CAMACHO, R. G.; GUERRA, A. R.; OLIVEIRA, T. P. de; PENHAVEL, E.; PEZATTI, E. G.; SANTANA, L.; SOUZA, E. R. F. de; TEIXEIRA, M. L. de S. Basic illocutions in the native languages of Brazil. ALFA: Revista de Linguística, São Paulo, v. 51, n. 2, 2009. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/1438. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 2 (2007)

Section

Papers

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