Rhetorical relations and textual-discourse functions in clause combining in Brazilian Portuguese

In this paper I discuss the rhetorical relations established in two contexts of occurrence of adverbial clauses and appositive relative clauses, as follows: the clauses may be realized either in their canonical form or apart from the main clause, as independent clauses, which I have been calling &am...

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Main Author: Maria Beatriz Nascimento Decat
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) 2010-12-01
Series:Calidoscópio
Online Access:http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/calidoscopio/article/view/412