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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Main Authors: Ana Maria Martins, Jairo Nunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2017-02-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
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Online Access:http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/181