Polarity, expression of degree and negation: the vernacular form <i>caraças</i>

This paper presents the vernacular form caraças which, in European Portuguese (EP) is associated to multiple contexts, differents from its use as a feminine common noun. The data I will present shows that caraças behaves as a polarity item, without referential interpretation. On the one hand, caraça...

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Main Author: Clara Pinto
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela 2020-07-01
Series:Estudos de Linguistica Galega
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Online Access:https://revistas.usc.gal/index.php/elg/article/view/6353