Intensifying construction with color lexemes in Brazilian Portuguese

This paper exposes the results of the research on the formal-functional configuration of the Xcolor of NS subschema of the Xcolor of Y intensifier construction (as in purple/green of anger or red of shame) in Brazilian Portuguese. We believe that this construction is caused by the fact that our body...

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Main Authors: Nahendi Almeida Mota, Marcia dos Santos Machado Vieira
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2020-10-01
Series:Revista Linguística
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Online Access:https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/rl/article/view/33904