3rd person possessives: Old Portuguese and Modern Brazilian Portuguese

This paper addresses some comparative aspects of the 3rd person possessive pronouns seu and dele in Modern Brazilian Portuguese (BP) and Old Portuguese (OP). Following Müller (1997) and Menuzzi (1999, 2003) we propose that the BP pronominal system is undergoing some change which made seu become disf...

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Main Authors: Maria Aparecida Torres Morais, Ilza Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-02-01
Series:Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/flp/article/view/88403