The Effect of Semantic and Discourse Features on the Use of Null and Overt Subjects - A Quantitative Study of Third Person Subjects in Brazilian Portuguese
ABSTRACT In a corpus study and two acceptability experiments, we investigate whether semantic and discourse features of the antecedents affect the use of null and overt subjects in Brazilian Portuguese. Previous literature has proposed two hypotheses: the Hierarchy of Referentiality Hypothesis (Cyri...
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| Language: | English |
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
2020-07-01
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| Series: | DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/delta/v36n1/1678-460X-delta-36-01-2020360107.pdf |