| The Subject in Brazilian Portuguese Contributor(s): Lira, Solange De Azambuja (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820427632 ISBN-13: 9780820427638 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $51.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Portuguese - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 469.5 |
| LCCN: 95007163 |
| Physical Information: 102 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study presents a thorough account of the structure and position of the subject in spoken Portuguese considering its syntactic and discursive roles. It is a quantitative study of language use. It discusses the variation between pronominal and zero subjects. It explains why the use of pronominal subjects is more frequent than zero ones. It discusses the variation of the position of subjects and shows that the choice between SV and VS syntax is almost exclusively limited to nominal subjects and is constrained by pragmatic considerations. |