A Collostructional and Usage-based Contrastive Analysis of Periphrastic Causative Constructions in Portuguese and French

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https://doi.org/10.35520/diadorim.2023.v25n3a63624

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In this paper, we will present a collostructional analysis of the periphrastic causative construction fazer + Vinfinitive in Portuguese. To this end, we used the theoretical assumptions of Construction Grammar (Goldberg, 2006; Hilpert, 2014) to analyse data samples drawn from the Sketch Engine platform. We used a methodology similar to that used by Gilquin (2015) when exploring English data in contrast to French data. Our analysis identifies the lexical items that are attracted to the non-finite verb slot in the construction under examination [FAZER + Vinf].
We then analyse the translation of the faire comprendre construction in a parallel French-Portuguese corpus. Observation of the data tends to confirm related linguistic uses in the languages upon which our work has focused (French and Portuguese), with common properties of form and function, as well as idiosyncrasies.

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2025-04-29

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MEIRELES, Vanessa; MACHADO VIEIRA, Marcia dos Santos. A Collostructional and Usage-based Contrastive Analysis of Periphrastic Causative Constructions in Portuguese and French. Diadorim: revista de estudos linguísticos e literários, Rio de Janeiro, v. 25, n. 3, p. e63624, 2025. DOI: 10.35520/diadorim.2023.v25n3a63624. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/diadorim/article/view/63624. Acesso em: 12 maio. 2026.