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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Main Author: PERES João Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2000-01-01
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