Gragoatá (Jul 2016)

CHACRETES, RONALDETES AND OTHERS -ETES: A MORPHOLOGICAL AND SEMANTICS ANALYSIS OF X-ETE CONSTRUCTIONS IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE

  • Bruna Fernanda Cândido,
  • Carlos Alexandre Gonçalves,
  • Maria Lucia Leitão de Almeida

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 40

Abstract

Read online

The aim of this paper is to analyze the X-ete formations of Brazilian Portuguese based on the Constructional Morphology (BOOIJ 2005, 2010) and issues of Cognitive Linguistics, such as CIMs (Cognitive Idealized Models), frames and mental spaces. We intend to check (a) which aspects of these models apply to the semantic analysis of this suffix and (b) if there are two different ['ƐtʃI] formatives – the designator of fans ('ronaldete', 'neymarzete', 'luanzete') and the creator of names that means “dancer” / “stage assistant” ('chacrete', 'angeliquete', 'panicat').

Keywords