Concessive Comparative Construction “Até que para um palhaço, você escreve legal” as an awkward compliment
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Construction Grammar. Mental Space. Blending.Abstract
In this work, we discuss the activation of presupposition and conceptual blending, based on the Theory of Mental Spaces (FAUCONNIER, 1994, 1997; FAUCONNIER; TURNER, 2002), in the structure we call Concessive-Comparative Construction, outlined as “ATÉ QUE PARA X, Y” and instantiated in instances like “Até que pra um avô você ainda está em forma, hein”. Following the socio-cognitive contribution from Construction Grammar (GOLDBERG, 1995, 2006; FILLMORE, LEE-GOLDMAN & RHOMIEUX, 2012), based on a theoretical-methodological approach based on use, with a database formed by authentic occurrences taken from the internet, we aim to legitimize the Concessive-Comparative Construction as an evaluative resource of the language that can promote veiled criticism. After empirical analysis of the data, we point out that this construction seems to promote a process of conceptual blending, which relates scales between mental spaces and promotes the emergence of an ad hoc category, in which the assessment made is relative to a group of expectations.
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