Semantic change in portuguese: Considering cerrado and vereda

Marra, D; Quinn, M; Blamires, LA

Semantic change in portuguese: Considering cerrado and vereda

Marra, D Quinn, M

Blamires, LA

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Publisher:: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM Press)
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 2020, 20, (3), pp. 113-122
Issue Date:: 2020-08-01

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dc.contributor.author	Marra, D
dc.contributor.author	Quinn, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1518-2623
dc.contributor.author	Blamires, LA
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-30T23:01:13Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-30T23:01:13Z
dc.date.issued	2020-08-01
dc.identifier.citation	GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 2020, 20, (3), pp. 113-122
dc.identifier.issn	1675-8021
dc.identifier.issn	2550-2131
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/147693
dc.description.abstract	© 2020, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press. All rights reserved. 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.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM Press)
dc.relation.ispartof	GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.17576/gema-2020-2003-07
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	2003 Language Studies, 2004 Linguistics, 2005 Literary Studies
dc.title	Semantic change in portuguese: Considering cerrado and vereda
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	20
utslib.for	2003 Language Studies
utslib.for	2004 Linguistics
utslib.for	2003 Language Studies
utslib.for	2004 Linguistics
utslib.for	2005 Literary Studies
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2021-03-30T23:01:12Z
pubs.issue	3
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	20
utslib.citation.issue	3

Abstract:

© 2020, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press. All rights reserved. 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.

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