On the nature and licensing conditions of n-phrases in Portuguese
The present paper focuses on the syntactic and semantic nature of the expressions identified in the literature as n-words (preferably, n-phrases), and on their licensing conditions. Concerning their status, arguments will be given in favor of Ladusaw's 1992 thesis that these are existential (an...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
2000-01-01
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Series: | DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-44502000000300007 |