Semantic Change in Portuguese
Considering Cerrado and Vereda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21185203 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Marra (0000-0003-2946-3722, The University of Sydney), Marie Quinn (0000-0002-1518-2623, University of Technology Sydney), Luiz Arthur Blamires (Université Paris Cité) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 113-122 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1675-8021 • E-ISSN: 2550-2131 |
| Publisher | Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM Press) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17576/gema-2020-2003-07 |
| OpenAlex | W3081569066 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
This paper highlights the process by which meaning instantiates itself in word formation and discusses how semantic change installs subsequently in them, in this case, the Portuguese words cerrado and vereda . These two words have long individual histories that can be tracked back to their Latin or Celtic etymons, cerrado rooted in the origin of the Latin verb serāre , which gave origin to the Portuguese verb cerrar (to close, to seal) and vereda (narrow path) derived from the Latin word veredus (horse), which has its root in the Celtic word voredos . Yet, in the modern Brazilian context, Cerrado designates a particular ecosystem, the second largest biome in the country, that of short, closely-packed trees and foliage, and Vereda , a verdant subsystem of the same ecosystem. The discussion tracks the linguistic movement to arrive at these current meanings, showing how understanding the “history” of a word helps to understand both the uniqueness of its morpho-phonological and semantic constitution, as well as that of its relationship with the object it designates in the empirical world
Archaeology · Biology · Biome · Celtic languages · Ecosystem · Geography · Linguistics · Portuguese · Verb · Computer Science · History · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Linguistics and Language Studies · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |