A estratégia de pronome resumptivo na formação de orações relativas restritivas de objecto directo e de oblíquo do português de Moçambique

Abstract

The general aim of this research is to contribute to the systematization of the grammar of Mozambican Portuguese, based on the structural description of relative clauses that follow the resumptive pronoun strategy. In this study, we used as a basis a corpus of sentences produced by 11th and 12th grade students. This dissertation is made up of the following chapters: Chapter I - Introduction - we present the motivation that led us to carry out this study, the contribution we intend to make, the object of study and the criteria that dictated its choice, the objective and the basic explanatory hypothesis. Chapter II - Theoretical Framework and Bibliographical Review we provide some concepts from the Theory of Regency and Linking that are relevant to the analysis, and we give a bibliographical review of how relative clauses in general, and relative clauses with a resumptive pronoun in particular, have been analyzed in the context of Generative Grammar. Chapter III - Methodology for Collecting Empirical Data - we present, respectively, the criteria that determined the choice of the target population, some information about the individuals who provided us with the empirical data, the way in which this data was collected, the results of the tests and their evaluation.Chapter IV - Data Analysis - presents and justifies the methodology followed in the analysis of PM's OD .and OBL relative and gives a structural description of them, based on a basic explanatory hypothesis. Throughout this analysis, we try, on the one hand, to show the inadequacy of the description of the aforementioned relative in the light of the Q mover rule and, on the other hand, we try to legitimize them at the level of Universal Grammar, using the results of the tests and theoretical assumptions of Generative Grammar as arguments. Chapter V - Conclusions and Recommendations - we provide general conclusions about the study carried out, and give some suggestions for future research as well as for the area of Portuguese teaching in Mozambique. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)