Locative inversion and agreement syntax in Brazilian Portuguese
Adopting the Minimalist Program framework (CHOMSKY 2000, 2001), this paper suggests that, in Brazilian Portuguese, sentences with a locative prepositional phrase in preverbal position can be characterized as instances of locative inversion in which prepositional constituents occupy the grammatical s...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
2009-12-01
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| Series: | Matraga |
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| Online Access: | http://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/matraga/article/view/27805 |