Ter/Haver-Constructions and Verbal Agreement
The aim of this paper is twofold: (i) to analyze the use of the verbs ter and haver in the history of Portuguese and, more specifically, in a recent stage of Brazilian Portuguese, in which the possessive ter is used as an existential verb; and (ii) to discuss some properties involving ter and haver...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2013-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Portuguese Linguistics |
Online Access: | http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/72 |