Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Thiago Laurentino de. THE PROCESSING OF CLITICS TE AND LHE IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE: THE COGNITIVE COUNTERPART OF THE VARIATION. Lingüística [online]. 2020, vol.36, n.2, pp.89-106.  Epub Nov 09, 2020. ISSN 2079-312X.  https://doi.org/10.5935/2079-312x.20200016.

In this paper, I analyze, from the experimental methodology, the variation between te and lhe clitics as direct object. Some studies claim that lhe, originally a dative clitics of 3SG, is reinterpreted in Brazilian Portuguese as an accusative of 2SG, e.g.: “Eu lhe vi” after expansion of você form in the pronominal system (Ramos 1999; Almeida 2009; Souza 2014).

Thus, lhe vary with te at accusative context. To analyze the cognitive counterpart of this variation, I developed a self-paced reading test, applied to participants of two Brazilian States (Rio de Janeiro and Ceará). In the experiment, I tested some recurrent assumptions in literature about the topic: (i) the referential ambiguity of clitics lhe and (ii) the diatopic conditioning about the use of lhe.

Keywords : Linguistic variation; Experimental approach; Personal pronouns.

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