Um estudo sobre o verbo-suporte na construção dar+SN

Abstract

This dissertation has the aim of presenting a study on the structures with supporting verb TO GIVE+NS DAR+SN of portuguese in Brazil, based on the Lexical Theory and on the principles of Lexicon-Grammar. The distributive properties of this structure are examined throughout the usage of language by means of formal criteria that consider the morphosyntatic-semantic aspects, distinguishing the full-verb structure from the ones of supporting verb and crystallized expressions. The full-verb structures are of denominal and deverbal nature. As a whole, the denominals present of stroke actions, for example, to give a stoneness (dar uma pedrada) and the deverbals present an attenuation and sortness of actions, for example, to give an eyeness (dar uma olhada). Studies show that structures to gine + a(n) X ness (DAR uma X ada) are also used as modalizing forms in language, and it constitutes a source of expression for native speakers.