Chapter published in:
In Search of Basic Units of Spoken Language: A corpus-driven approachEdited by Shlomo Izre'el, Heliana Mello, Alessandro Panunzi and Tommaso Raso
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 94] 2020
► pp. 221–256
Chapter 7Illocution as a unit of reference for spontaneous speech
An account of insubordinated adverbial clauses in Brazilian Portuguese
Giulia Bossaglia | Federal University of Minas Gerais / FAPEMIG / CNPq
Heliana Mello | Federal University of Minas Gerais / FAPEMIG / CNPq
Tommaso Raso | Federal University of Minas Gerais / FAPEMIG / CNPq
In this paper we propose a synchronic, corpus-based account of
insubordination, through the analysis of adverbial clauses in Brazilian Portuguese
spontaneous speech at the syntax/prosody interface. The segmentation of the speech flow
through prosodic cues is crucial to analyse linguistic and, specifically, syntactic
relations in spoken language. Besides, it is through prosody that illocutionary and
informational values are conveyed in speech. Our claim is that insubordination can be
studied without assuming the existence of a grammaticalization path or main clause ellipsis
processes, given that through specific illocutionary prosodic profiles, syntactically
dependent clauses are assigned pragmatic autonomy.
Keywords: spontaneous speech, speech segmentation, illocution, syntax/prosody interface, insubordination, adverbial clauses, Brazilian Portuguese
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Subordination and insubordination
- 3.The analysis of spontaneous speech
- 3.1The segmentation of speech
- 3.2Speech segmentation and illocution
- 3.3Speech segmentation and information units (IUs)
- 4.The corpus
- 5.Data analysis
- 5.1Types of adverbial conjunctions
- 5.2Non-canonical characteristics of adverbial clauses in spoken bp
- 5.2.1Apparent adverbial subordinators
- 5.3Distribution of adverbial subordinators/adverbial clauses
- 5.3.1Adverbial clause in the same IU of the main clause
- 5.3.2Adverbial clause in a dedicated IU
- 5.3.2.1Topic/Comment pattern, Multiple Comments, and Bound Comments
- 5.3.3Adverbial clauses in a dedicated utterance: Insubordination
- 5.3.3.1“Semi”-insubordinated versus fully insubordinated adverbial clauses
- 6.Final remarks
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Acknowledgements -
Notes -
Glossary -
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Published online: 18 June 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.94.07bos
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.94.07bos
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