ESSE versus ESTE in Brazilian movies: substitution or specialization?
This study aims at contributing to the discussion on the uses of demonstrative pronouns in Brazilian Portuguese. For this end, samples of Brazilian films were analyzed. It was found that in the endophoric uses and in the spatial exophoric uses there is a tendency to substitute “este” with “esse”. Ba...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2013-02-01
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| Series: | Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.usp.br/flp/article/view/76195 |