Causal clauses in Brazilian Portuguese

This paper discusses causal clauses in Brazilian Portuguese introduced by porque ‘because’. It is proposed that these clauses are adjoined to three distinct positions in the matrix. To describe these different levels of integration, I adopt the classification proposed by Frey (2016) and Badan and Ha...

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Main Author: Patrícia Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2023-03-01
Series:Revista Linguística
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Online Access:https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/rl/article/view/53030