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1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies in generative grammar ; 57 |
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Studies in generative grammar ; 57.
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Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Word order in Brazilian Portuguese -- 2 Overview of the Minimalist Program -- 3 Analyses before Minimalism -- 3.1 Declaratives -- 3.2 Wh-questions -- 4 Minimalist accounts -- 5 Structure of the study -- 2 Basic order in déclaratives -- 1 Basic word order -- 2 Adverb position -- 2.1 Overt verb movement in French -- 2.2 Adverb position in a structure without AgrP -- 3 Sentential adverbs -- 4 Verb position and other adverbs in Brazilian Portuguese -- 4.1 Adverbs and compound verbs -- 4.2 The position of já -- 5 Conclusion |
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3 Postverbal subjects in Brazilian Portuguese1 Introduction -- 2 The Unaccusative Hypothesis -- 2.1 Unaccusatives in Spanish -- 3 Unaccusatives in Brazilian Portuguese -- 4 Verb-subject order in Brazilian Portuguese -- 4.1 Locative inversion -- 4.2 VS and unaccusatives -- 4.3 VS with other verbs -- 5 Conclusion -- 4 Verb movement in interrogatives -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Interrogatives in Romance: paradigms -- 2.1 Diagnostics for wh-movement -- 3 The Wh-Criterion -- 4 Accounts for Spanish: no V-to-C -- 5 Questions raised by V-to-C |
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5.1 Verb position in interrogatives5.2 Subject position in interrogatives -- 6 Embedded interrogatives -- 7 Previous studies of Brazilian Portuguese interrogatives -- 8 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
This book is a new contribution to syntactic theory. The reader will find a clear overview of the central facts concerning Brazilian Portuguese (BP) word order, as well as a comparison to the facts in other Romance languages (Spanish, Italian, and French). In relating other Romance languages to BP, the book shows that BP word order has a number of interesting restrictions that set this language clearly apart from the other Romance languages. This volume provides accounts for declaratives and interrogatives found not only in BP but also in the other Romance languages discussed, taking into consideration parametric differences among the languages studied |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Portuguese language -- Brazil -- Word order
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Portuguese language -- Brazil
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Portuguese.
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Portuguese language
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Portuguese language -- Word order
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Funktionale Kategorie
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Move-alpha
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Inversion Grammatik
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Wortstellung
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Kontrastive Syntax
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Generative Transformationsgrammatik
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Brazil
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Brasilien
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Romanische Sprachen.
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Portugiesisch.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783110869552 |
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3110869551 |
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