[FOC + Que] constructions in Libolo Portuguese

Based on the typology of cleft sentences in Portuguese, this study presents the strategies applied in the [Foc+Que] constructions in Portuguese spoken in Libolo (LBP), Angola. The canonical form of a cleft construction consists of a bi-clausal structure in which there is a copula followed by a focus...

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Main Authors: Carlos Filipe G. Figueiredo, Eduardo Ferreira dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-07-01
Series:Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/flp/article/view/83499