A contrastive analysis of dar ‘give’ in english and brazilian portuguese: semantic-syntactic relationships and implications for L2 instruction

In recent years, research on multiword lexical units has influenced second language acquisition research, but little work has been done on light verbs, especially comparing the use of light verbs in English and Brazilian Portuguese. This paper presents a comparative analysis of the syntactic and sem...

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Main Author: Christoffersen, Katherine O'Donnell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS) 2016-01-01
Series:Brazilian English Language Teaching Journal
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Online Access:http://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/belt/article/view/23491/14921