On the system of mood in European and Brazilian Portuguese

This paper is concerned with mood distribution in European and Brazilian Portuguese. Although, in many cases, these two varieties do not differ as regards the selected mood, there are exceptions in some contexts. The variations involve rather different constructions, at first sight suggesting a chao...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rui Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2004-06-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
Online Access:http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/20