O tratamento do tempo verbal futuro no livro didático Se Liga nas Linguagens – Português

This paper analyzes the treatment of future tense in the textbook collection Se Liga nas Linguagens – Português, provided for secondary education, based on functionalist assumptions, especially Usage-Centered Functional Linguistics (LFCU). Considering that grammar emerges from use and futurity results from the interaction between time, aspect and modality (TAM), this research investigates whether the teaching material contemplates the multifunctional nature of the future or whether it favors a predominantly morphosyntactic approach. The methodology used is qualitative, descriptive-interpretative nature, focusing on the theoretical sections and activities that address the verbal future in the collection. The analysis was organized into four axes: temporal value, aspectual nuances, modal values ​​and the relationship between form and function. The results indicate that the collection emphasizes the definition of the future as a marker of temporal posteriority, devoting less attention to the discursive effects resulting from the interaction between time, aspect and modality. It is concluded that the approach tends to dissociate structure and use, approaching a normative perspective, which limits the exploration of futurity as a functional category integrated into the production of meanings. The study reinforces the importance of pedagogical practices that articulate form and function in teaching verb tenses.