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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451022203321

Autore

Costa Joao

Titolo

Portuguese Syntax [[electronic resource] ] : New Comparative Studies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-280-53027-8

0-19-535221-1

1-4294-0382-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in comparative syntax Portuguese syntax

Disciplina

469.5

Soggetti

Portuguese language

Portuguese language - Syntax

Syntax

Romance Languages

Languages & Literatures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Infinitives versus Participles; 2. Clitics: A Window into the Null Subject Property; 3. Word Order and Discourse-Configurationality in European Portuguese; 4. Romance Clitics and the Minimalist Program; 5. Agreement, Predication, and Pronouns in the History of Portuguese; 6. A Minimalist Approach to Clitic Climbing; 7. First Person Plural Anaphora in Brazilian Portuguese: Chains and Constraint Interaction in Binding; 8. Distributive Universal Quantification and Aspect in Brazilian Portuguese; 9. Clitic Positions and Verb Movement; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J

KL; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

These articles focus on clause structure, clitic placement, word order variation, pronominal system, verb movement, quantification, and distribution of particles. They are written within the ""principles and parameters"" framework and contrast Portuguese with other Romance languages.