| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 507 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cambridge syntax guides |
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Cambridge syntax guides.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Pronominal System -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Strong, Weak, and Clitic Personal Pronouns in Portuguese -- 2.3 Feature Composition of Personal Pronouns in Portuguese -- 2.4 Similarities and Differences between European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese -- 2.5 Summary -- 3 Agreement -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Agreement within Nominal Domains in Portuguese -- 3.3 Subject-Predicate Agreement in Portuguese |
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3.4 Reanalyzing the Different Agreement Systems in European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese -- 3.5 Special Cases of Agreement -- 3.6 Summary -- 4 Null Subjects -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Different Types of Null Subjects -- 4.3 Definite Null Subjects -- 4.4 Indefinite Null Subjects -- 4.5 Expletive Null Subjects -- 4.6 Related Issues -- 4.7 General Summary -- 5 Word Order -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Word Order in Declarative Sentences and Informational Content -- 5.3 Word Order in Interrogative Sentences -- 5.4 Word Order in Exclamative Sentences -- 5.5 Word Order in Nonfinite Domains |
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5.6 Clitic Placement -- 5.7 Summary -- 6 Null Objects and Null Possessors -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Ellipsis of Verbal Projections -- 6.3 Null Direct Objects -- 6.4 Null Oblique Objects -- 6.5 Null Possessors -- 6.6 Summary -- 7 Affirmation, Negation, and yes/no Questions and Answers -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Emphatic Affirmation -- 7.3 Syntactic Patterns of Negation -- 7.4 Biased Polar Questions -- 7.5 Minimal Answers to yes/no Questions -- 7.6 Summary -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Corpora -- Index |
| Summary |
"Portuguese is the second most spoken Romance language in the world, and due to recent interest in comparative syntax, the literature on its syntax has increased exponentially, resulting in exciting discoveries of a range of aspects that have hitherto been overlooked. This book provides a theoretically grounded overview of the major syntactic properties of Portuguese, focusing on the differences between European and Brazilian Portuguese. It shows from a theoretical point of view how different syntactic properties are interconnected by comparing and contrasting the variances between pronominal and agreement systems, null subjects, null complements, and word order. It also highlights how small differences in the specification of syntactic properties may yield quite different dialects. It introduces key theoretical points without technical jargon, making the content accessible to specialist and non-specialists alike. It is essential reading for both academic researchers and students of Portuguese language, comparative syntax, Romance linguistics, and theoretical syntax."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 12, 2023) |
| Subject |
Portuguese language -- Syntax
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Portuguese language -- Dialects -- Syntax
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Portuguese language -- Syntax
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Martins, Ana Maria, 1958- author.
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Nunes, Jairo, author.
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| LC no. |
2022033353 |
| ISBN |
9780511842931 |
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0511842937 |
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9781009321686 |
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1009321684 |
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