Pro-Drop and Word-Order Variation in Brazilian Portuguese: A Corpus Study
The present study examines certain syntactic properties of the Brazilian variety of Portuguese (BP): 1) BP is a pro-drop language with instances of both null subjects and covert objects, and 2) BP exhibits several possible word orders. To determine the frequency of pro-drop and word-order variations...
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BYU ScholarsArchive
2013
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| Online Access: | https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3719 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4718&context=etd |