The connective por causa que: grammaticalization and analysis of grammatical and semantic-discursive properties
This article aims to characterize the Portuguese locution "por causa que"(“because that”), from theoretical-methodological proposals based on the functional paradigm of Grammaticalization. Firstly, hypotheses on "por causa que"appearance and an analysis of its status of conjunct...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2013-02-01
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Series: | Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa |
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Online Access: | http://www.revistas.usp.br/flp/article/view/76193 |