Conceptual reorganization and linguistic variation: the European Portuguese verb meter case
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This paper claims to describe the way how, at the semantic level and taking the European Portuguese verb meter case, the linguistic variation arises from the reorganization of conceptual structures. One intends to demonstrate how the verb semantic classic structure that implied the notion of Local Container is being reorganized providing the withdrawal of this feature which was one of the most important features of the verb (meter) main meaning core. For this purpose, one will provide with some data from a large amount of inquiries taken by speakers between the ages of 10 and 21. Finally, one will explain, by using the Cognitive-linguistic approach, the changes in the internal semantic structure of the verb (meter).
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