Variação e especificidades funcionais no domínio da causalidade

In this article, I discuss the semantic equivalences and the functionaldifferences of two forms of expressing causal relations in oralPortuguese: the complex clauses with the connector because(porque) and the prepositional phrases introduced by “por causade”. It is my intention to show that, even th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maria da Conceição de Paiva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2012-11-01
Series:Revista de Estudos da Linguagem
Online Access:http://periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/relin/article/view/2296