Da gramática para o discurso: análise da construção “toma-te” falada na cidade de Santarém-Pa

Abstract

In this work, we investigate the function that the construction “toma-te/lhe” plays in the Santareno speech. This research fits into the functionalist theory, for “Language is determined by the real communication situations in which real speakersinteract, and therefore, its study cannot be limited to the analysis of its form” (FURTADO DA CUNHA; TAVARES, 2007, p. 14). Furthermore, this work is based onthe theory of Construction Grammar, which defends the postulate that language, froma synchronic perspective, is provided by form-meaning pairings, the so-called constructions, organized in a network (GOLDBERG, 2006; LANGACKER, 2008). For this work we used the following methodological procedures: a) a collection of data, which were recorded informally by the Linguistic Studies Group of Western Pará – GELOPA, in the period from 2020 to 2021. 51 (fifty-one) occurrences of uses of tomarin the context of Santareno speech, 42 (forty-two) with the expression “toma-te” and 9(nine) with the variation “toma-lhe”; b) semantic-pragmatic analysis of occurrences, inan attempt to understand what these forms express, what the speaker's communicative intention is when using such a construction at the time of interaction, this we will call function; and c) perception test, which served to corroborate the hypotheses we raised about the meanings of the construction under study. Wereproduced real situations in which the use appeared denoting the three most important possibilities that we consider the constructions to mean, namely: contentment with the other's pain, astonishment/fright and happiness. The results indicated that the construction “toma-te/lhe” plays an important role in the interaction of Santarém speakers.