Polarity, expression of degree and negation: the vernacular form <i>caraças</i>
This paper presents the vernacular form caraças which, in European Portuguese (EP) is associated to multiple contexts, differents from its use as a feminine common noun. The data I will present shows that caraças behaves as a polarity item, without referential interpretation. On the one hand, caraça...
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Language: | Catalan |
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Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
2020-07-01
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Series: | Estudos de Linguistica Galega |
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Online Access: | https://revistas.usc.gal/index.php/elg/article/view/6353 |