Testing the role of temporal reference in the imperative in Brazilian Portuguese

Imperatives in Brazilian Portuguese can be expressed either by the indicative (come!) or the subjunctive (coma!) forms. Prior research has explained this variation in terms of regional differences and as a change in progress toward more use of the indicative. Our experimental research shows that spe...

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Main Authors: Luana Lamberti, Scott A. Schwenter
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2018-09-01
Series:Revista Linguística
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Online Access:https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/rl/article/view/17625