SUBSTITUTIVE ADVERSATIVE COORDINATION NAO X, MAS YIN PORTUGUESE: A DISCURSIVE-FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF SYNTATIC DELETION

This paper investigates, from the perspective of Functional Discourse Grammar, the substitutive adversative coordination, in which the second coordinated member--and sometimes the first one too--is expressed by phrase or word, as in ce num da tanto valor ao idolo, mas a musica dele. These structures have received little attention from functionalist studies, except for the Argumentative Semantics (ANSCOMBRE; DUCROT, 1977; VOGT; DUCROT, 1980). According to the theory adopted here, in these linguistic expressions there are two related Discursive Acts, the second member of the coordination having a Thetic content frame with one Subact. Semantically, both members constitute Propositional Contents and, ultimately, predications, and the second member presents an Identificational, Classificational or Relational predication frame, formulated in an interaction between the Grammatical and Contextual components. Thus, the second member of the coordination is expressed by a single phrase or word that introduces a single new information (focal), considered important by the Speaker for updating the Addressee's pragmatic information. In line with the adopted theoretical model, we advocate that there is no reduction of predication constituents in the second member, but that the phenomenon is the result of mismatch between the pragmatic and semantic levels in Portuguese grammar. * KEYWORDS: Adversative coordination; Contrast; [Mas.sub.SN]; Reduction; Functional Discourse Grammar Este artigo investiga, sob a perspectiva da Gramatica Discursivo-Funcional, a coordenacao adversativa substitutiva, em que o segundo membro coordenado--e, as vezes, o primeiro tambem--e expresso por sintagma ou palavra, como em ce num da tanto valor ao idolo, mas a musica dele. Essas estruturas tem recebido pouca atencao por parte de estudos funcionalistas, com excecao da Semantica da Argumentacao (ANSCOMBRE; DUCROT, 1977; VOGT; DUCROT, 1980). De acordo com a teoria aqui adotada, nessas expressoes, ha dois Atos Discursivos relacionados, tendo o segundo membro da coordenacao molde de conteudo Tetico com um Subato. Semanticamente, ambos os membros constituem Conteudos Proposicionais e, em ultima instancia, predicacoes, em que o segundo membro apresenta molde de predicacao Identificacional, Classificacional ou Relacional, formulados numa interacao entre os componentes Gramatical e Contextual. Assim, o segundo membro da coordenacao e expresso por um unico sintagma ou palavra, que introduz a informacao n