Tautological equative statements with proper name

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https://doi.org/10.18364/rc.2021n61.450

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Tautology. Equative statement. Proper noun.

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze tautological equative statements with proper noun (Np) like Maria is Maria. With theoretical support in Wierzbicka (2003) and Meibauer (2008), as well as in Keizer (2008) and Hengeveld and Mackenzie (2008), the paper initially presents a theoretical discussion on the conceptual and functional aspects of tautology, as well as on the referential or predicative nature of the post-copula proper noun, to then analyze data collected from the internet, in which the Np is Np structure is used. The results reveal that the tautological equative statements with proper noun, in the context in which they appear, constitute an argumentative strategy through which the singularity of the mental representation of a discursive entity, positively or negatively valued, is asserted.

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Márcia Teixeira Nogueira, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Doutora em Linguística e Língua Portuguesa pela UNESP, em Araraquara-SP. Atualmente, dedica-se, como professora titular voluntária, a atividades de ensino, pesquisa e orientação na Pós- Graduação em Linguística (Mestrado e Doutorado) da Universidade Federal do Ceará. É líder do Grupo de Estudos em Funcionalismo (UFC/CNPq).

Leosmar Aparecido da Silva, Universidade Federal de Goiás

Doutor em Letras e Linguística pela Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG). Em 2018, concluiu pós-doutorado na Universidade Federal do Ceará, sob a supervisão de Márcia Teixeira Nogueira e com o apoio da Capes. É professor de Linguística e Língua Portuguesa do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras e Linguística da Universidade Federal de Goiás. Desenvolve pesquisas na área de descrição do português, linguística cognitiva e ensino de língua portuguesa em perspectiva cognitivo-funcional.

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2021-09-05

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2021: ISSUE 61

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