Université de Montréal - Thèse sous forme numérique

261Table 32. Linguistic realizations of the core FE IRREGULARITY in the Portuguese corpusconstitute 1[1] The admission of Ms. Haghnegahdar's post-hypnosis testimony constitutes anerror of law.[2] Terminating employment on the basis of age constitutes prima faciediscrimination under the Code.impugn 1[3] That was the issue on which Ms. Bowles had been subjected to an extensivecross-examination which seriously impugned the reliability of her evidence.[4] For example, the respondent seeks to impugn Mr. Kong's credibility by pointingto his inability to accurately describe his injuries in a manner consistent with themedical records.In sentences [1] and [2] the verb to constitute does not necessarily set up anexpectation that what follows is negative, but one of its arguments denotes concepts thathave a negative affective meaning. In contrast, the arguments of the verb to impugn do notdenote a negative affective meaning by themselves, but the verb sets up the negativeprosody.