Inherent case as a licensing condition for A-movement: The case of hyper-raising constructions in Brazilian Portuguese
Assuming with Ferreira (2000, 2004, forthcoming) and Rodrigues (2002, 2004) that referential null subjects in (Colloquial) Brazilian Portuguese (BP) are traces of A-movement, this paper specifically focuses on hyper-raising constructions in BP. I argue that in impersonal constructions the embedded C...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2008-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Portuguese Linguistics |
| Online Access: | http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/129 |