Université de Montréal - Thèse sous forme numérique

187Due to the differences in the number of arguments and in the semantic nature ofthese, we proceeded to attribute two separate meanings to the verb to satisfy. The firstmeaning seems to be related to the idea of compliance (satisfy 1 ), whereas the second seemsto be related to the idea of convincing someone about something (satisfy 2 ). Although theverb to satisfy in the meaning of convincing someone about something is also used in thegeneral language, in the corpus its behaviour is specialized in that it only occurs with termsdenoting legal entities and concepts (e.g. [7] Crown counsel satisfies you beyond areasonable doubt). In addition, the action of convincing someone about something isextremely relevant in the judgments.Another example of the importance of genre-knowledge to the separation ofspecialized meanings meanings is the Portuguese verb acordar (to agree) which occurs invery specific moments in the macrostructure of judgments (cf. section 4.1.2). Consider thefollowing five contexts of the verb:[1] Decisão Texto Integral:Acordam no Supremo Tribunal de Justiça:I. RelatórioAA, por si e em representação de seu filho menor BB, intentou, a 7 de Janeiro de 2003, apresente acção declarativa, com processo ordinário, contra COMPANHIA DE SEGUROSCC, pedindo que seja condenada a pagar-lhes: - 494.476,32, a título de danos causados àvítima DD; (STJ-dez2009-1)Translation:Full Textual Decision:The judges of the Supreme Court agree that:I.RelatórioAA, representing himself and his minor son BB, filed the present action on January 7 th 2003with ordinary process against the COMPANHIA DE SEGUROS CC and asked that thelatter be sentenced to pay them: - 494.476,32 for the damages caused to the victim DD;[2] Termos em que, decidindo: Acordam os deste Supremo 3ª Secção - em não conhecer dopresente recurso por existir circunstância que obsta ao conhecimento do mesmo, uma vezque ainda não foi proferida decisão nas instâncias que conhecesse da questão suscitada.(STJ-dez2009-20)