Complements of verbs of utterance and thought in Brazilian Portuguese narratives

This paper focuses on reported speech in Brazilian Portuguese oral narratives, examining the status of direct and indirect quotations. In particular, I address the following questions: Can the clause that carries the quotation be analyzed as an objet complement of the verb of saying and thought? Wha...

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Main Author: Maria Angélica Furtado da Cunha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2012-12-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
Online Access:http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/82