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- Vesterinen, Rainer, 1965-
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Control and dominion : Factivity and mood choice in Spanish
- 2012
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Ingår i: Language and Cognition. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1866-9808 .- 1866-9859. ; 4:1, s. 43-64
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The present paper analyses the meaning of Spanish mood in factive contexts from a Cognitive Grammar perspective. It is argued that terms like assertion and presupposition do not explain the semantics of the subjunctive. Rather, they constitute an initial classification for finding a conceptually grounded explanation for it. The hypothesis is put forward that mood choice in factive contexts can be explained by the elaboration of Maldonado’s (1995) notions of dominion and control. The conceptualizer has a low degree of effective control over the described event in presupposed contexts where the subjunctive mood occurs. On the other hand, presupposed contexts with the verb in the indicative mood equates with epistemic control over the described event. Thus, it is argued that the meaning of the subjunctive mood is related to the conceptualizer’s epistemic dominion, on the one hand, and to the dominion of effective control, on the other. An additional analysis of the subjunctive mood in volitional, causative and perceptual contexts corroborates the initial claim.
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- Vesterinen, Rainer, 1965-
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Estruturas causativas no Português : Um estudo sobre a relação entre o modo conjuntivo e os conceitos de subjetificação e domínio
- 2013
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Ingår i: Revista Portuguesa de Humanidades. - Braga. - 0874-0321. ; 17:1, s. 97-120
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Studies carried out within a cognitive-functional perspective of linguistic analysisdistinguish a relation between the structural properties of complements of causationverbs and the kind of causation they designate. The present paper follows this lineof investigation. However, the focus of the analysis is put on the relation between thesubjunctive mood and the concepts of subjectification and dominion in causativestructures. The hypothesis put forward is that the relation between the Portuguesecausation verbs fazer and deixar, on the one hand, and the subjunctive complement, onthe other, can be can be explained in terms of subjectification, i.e. a diminished degreeof subject control. Accordingly, it is argued that the subjunctive mood designates anevent that is located outside the conceptualizer’s dominion.
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- Vesterinen, Rainer, 1965-
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Extending the dominion of effective control : Its applicability to mood choice in Spanish and Portuguese
- 2014
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Ingår i: Cognitive Linguistics. - : Mouton de Gruyter. - 0936-5907 .- 1613-3641. ; 25:4, s. 583-616
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Within the model of Cognitive Grammar, the concept of dominion is fundamental to the analysis of the conceptualizer’s attitude toward an event or a proposition. However, the concept has, first and foremost, been understood in epistemic terms, whereas there has been less concern with the conceptualizer’s efforts to influence and manipulate the course of events in the world. This being so, the present paper shows that the conceptualizer’s dominion of effective control is relevant in a number of linguistic contexts. The analysis provides evidence for this particular feature in factive contexts, deontic contexts, contexts of volition and causation, and in adverbial clauses of purpose, manner and condition. The analysis further shows that the conceptualizer’s dominion of effective control is capable of providing a conceptually grounded explanation for the occurrence of the Spanish and the Portuguese subjunctive mood in these grammatical contexts.
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- Vesterinen, Rainer, 1965-
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Factividade e modo verbal
- 2014
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Ingår i: Revue Romane. - : John Benjamins Publishing Company. - 0035-3906 .- 1600-0811. ; 49:1, s. 52-67
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The traditional way of explaining the subjunctive mood in Portuguese is utterly related to the distinction made between reality and non-reality. That is, while the indicative mood has been explained in terms of reality, the subjunctive has been the mood of non-reality. Although this explanation covers many occurrences of the subjunctive mood, it is also recognized that it fails to explain the use of the subjunctive mood in factive contexts. This being so, the present study aims at explaining the variation between the indicative and subjunctive mood in factive contexts from a Cognitive Grammar perspective. The hypothesis put forward is that the mood variation can be explained in terms of dominion and control. Thus, it is claimed that the subjunctive mood in factive contexts can be explained by a reduced degree of active control, this being consistent with an event that is located outside the conceptualizer’s dominion of effective control. On the other hand, the indicative mood occurs in contexts of epistemic control that are located inside the conceptualizer’s epistemic dominion. An additional analysis of the subjunctive mood in other grammatical contexts corroborates the initial claim.
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- Vesterinen, Rainer, 1965-
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Instructions or dominion? : The meaning of the Spanish subjunctive mood
- 2013
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Ingår i: Pragmatics & Cognition. - : John Benjamins Publishing Company. - 0929-0907 .- 1569-9943. ; 21:2, s. 359-379
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In a highly interesting study, Dam and Dam-Jensen (2010) put forward the idea that the indicative and the subjunctive mood in Spanish complementizer phrases can be explained by the instructions they convey. The indicative instructs the addressee to locate the situation created by the verb relative to the situation of utterance, whereas the subjunctive instructs the addressee not to locate the situation described by the verb relative to the situation of utterance. Although this explanation is most appealing, the present paper argues that it also may create explanatory problems. Thus, it is claimed that the notion of dominion can explain the semantic meaning of the Spanish subjunctive mood. This verbal mood designates events that are located outside the conceptualizer’s dominion, either in terms of epistemic control or in terms of effective control.
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- Vesterinen, Rainer, 1965-
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Mood alternation in Spanish conditional clauses : Condition, cause and the dominion hypothesis
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of Linguistics. - 0022-2267 .- 1469-7742. ; 52:1, s. 175-193
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The present paper analyzes the mood alternation between conditional clauses introduced by the particle si (‘if’), on the one hand, and by conditional conjunctions such as a condición de que (‘on the condition that’), con tal de que (‘provided that’) and siempre y cuando (‘as long as’), on the other hand. Situated within the theoretical perspective of Cognitive Grammar, the paper argues that the conceptual content of the linguistic unit that introduces the conditional clause determines mood choice. In particular, it is claimed that the indicative mood in si-clauses reflects the conceptualizer’s reasoning about the causal relation between two events. By contrast, the occurrence of the subjunctive mood in other conditional clauses is analyzed as a natural effect of the condition expressed by the conditional conjunction. The analysis further shows that the mood alternation can be explained by the concept of dominion. The particle si introduces a clause that is located within the conceptualizer’s epistemic dominion, whereas other conditional conjunctions introduce clauses that are located outside the dominion of effective control.
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- Vesterinen, Rainer, 1965-
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O modo verbal em expressões impessoais com o verbo ser
- 2012
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Ingår i: Revue Romane. - : John Benjamins Publishing Company. - 0035-3906 .- 1600-0811. ; 47:1, s. 76-97
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The subjunctive mood has frequently been explained in terms of unreality, presupposition, non-assertion and the distinction between new and old information. Although these explanations offer a partial account of the semantics of this mood, it is shown that many occurrences of the subjunctive mood remain unexplained. This being so, the present paper aims at explaining the indicative and subjunctive mood in impersonal expressions with the verb ser from a Cognitive Grammar perspective of linguistic analysis. The analysis shows that the variation between the indicative and subjunctive mood in this grammatical context can be explained in terms of dominion and control. An extension of the analysis further shows that it may account for the occurrence of the subjunctive mood in other grammatical contexts.
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- Vesterinen, Rainer, 1965-
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Subordinação Adverbial : um estudo cognitivo sobre o infinitivo, o clítico SE e as formas verbais finitas em proposições adverbiais do Português Europeu
- 2006
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this study is to analyse the variation between infinitive and finite verb adverbial clauses in European Portuguese. In order to understand this variation, three central questions are raised: (1) What determines the use of the uninflected vs. the inflected infinitive in same-subject adverbial clauses? (2) What does the pronoun SE signal in these adverbial clauses? (3) What difference is there between the use of the inflected infinitives vs. finite verbs in different subject adverbial clauses? Earlier investigations about these three questions are discussed. One conclusion of this review is that former research almost exclusively has been conducted from a traditional or formalistic point of view that has given priority to structural descriptions instead of semantic or conceptual explanations. In contrast to this, the present study endeavours to examine these issues from a cognitive linguistic perspective. It is claimed that the use of the inflected infinitive in adverbial same-subject clauses may be explained by contextual factors which create a cognitive need to highlight the subject of the adverbial clause. Further, an analysis about how the grammatical micro-context can determine the interpretation of the clitic pronoun SE as a marker for a generic trajector is conducted. It is also argued that the difference between infinitive and finite adverbial clauses can bee explained by means of theories of subjectification and mental spaces. The conclusion is drawn that a cognitive approach to grammar can, indeed, shed light on the issues considered. In particular, it is shown that different adverbial constructions can express different conceptual meaning. In the light of this fact, other issues concerned with finite and infinite verb forms are raised.
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- Vesterinen, Rainer, 1965-, et al.
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Towards a unified account of the Spanish subjunctive mood : Epistemic dominion and dominion of effective control
- 2013
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Ingår i: Lingua. - : Elsevier BV. - 0024-3841 .- 1872-6135. ; 131, s. 179-198
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The present study analyses the semantics of the Spanish subjunctive mood from a Cognitive Grammar perspective. The proposed hypothesis is that the subjunctive mood designates events that are located outside the conceptualiser’s dominion in two alternate ways. In accordance with Maldonado (1995), the subjunctive mood is claimed to designate events that are located outside the conceptualiser’s epistemic dominion. However, the present paper goes one step further, extending the notion of dominion to also include the conceptualiser’s effective control over the event described by the subjunctive mood. A qualitative analysis of the occurrence of the subjunctive mood in a number of grammatical contexts corroborates the initial claim that the semantics of the subjunctive mood is related to the notion of dominion.
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