"Copula deletion" in restructured Portuguese

"Copula deletion" in restructured Portuguese

Brazilian linguists have taken to discussing what Ribeiro (2009:220) calls “o apagamento da cópula na construção de clivagem” [‘the deletion of the copula in cleft constructions’] in reference to sentences in Brazilian Vernacular Portuguese (BVP) like “Ela que sabe” (‘She’s the one who knows’; cf. B...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John Holm, Patrícia Vieira Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Espanhola 2010-12-01
Series:Journal of Ibero-Romance Creoles
Subjects:
brazilian vernacular portuguese
copula deletion
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focus particle
fronting
question words
substrate influence
west african languages
Online Access:http://www.acblpe.com/revista/volume-2-2010/copula-deletion-in-restructured-portuguese

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