Dative possessor variation in Romance: a formal feature account with special reference to Portuguese

In this paper we address possessor dative structures (PDSs) in European Portuguese (EP) and in the Mozambican variety of Portuguese spoken in Maputo, which is mainly in contact with the Bantu language Changana. Focusing primarily on data from EP, we argue that PDSs show microvariation across Romance...

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Main Authors: Feliciano Chimbutane, Inês Duarte, Rita Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2023-11-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
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Online Access:https://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/article/id/9873/