CONTRIBUTOS PARA A DESCRIÇÃO E TRADUÇÃO DO MARCADOR AINDA POR CIMA NO PORTUGUÊS EUROPEU CONTEMPORÂNEO
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE DESCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION OF THE DISCOURSE MARKER AINDA POR CIMA IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN PORTUGUESE

Summary/Abstract: Contributions for the description and translation of the discourse marker ainda por cima in contemporary European Portuguese. Based on a cognitive-functional framework, this paper analyses the different uses of the discourse marker ainda por cima in contemporary European Portuguese and, in a second step, its translation into Spanish, French, English, and German. This analysis is based on data collected in two corpora, CETEMPúblico, which allowed the identification of the functions of the marker in European Portuguese, and Europarl, for the listing of its translations. The research carried out in the source language reveals that the marker has an elaborative value, and more specifically an additive value, always associated with an element of unexpectedness, prefacing a new argument that reinforces the conclusion to be reached, which may (or may not) be the strongest argument in an argumentative scale. The contrastive analysis, in turn, shows the great variety of translational solutions adopted and a value not mentioned in any of the monolingual analyses: the counter-argumentative. The text concludes that (i) the different meanings of the marker in Portuguese are quite close and present themselves in a continuum, linked by family resemblances; (ii) there are important challenges in translating DM; (iii) the analysis of translations may require a reinterpretation of the DM in the source text.

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