Deletion of Reflexive Clitics with the Verb Custar in European Portuguese: An MTC Account
The impersonal verb 'custar '(lit. ‘cost’) in European Portuguese selects for a dative experiencer argument and an infinitival clause, which may be preceded by the preposition 'a'. Interestingly, a reflexive clitic co-referential with the experiencer argument can be deleted (unde...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2017-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Portuguese Linguistics |
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Online Access: | http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/181 |