But (and mais) as morpheme(s)

A morphemic-indicational description of English but (and French mais) is proposed, showing that the uses of but whose closer equivalents (and French translation) are almost, except, only, and without, together with the considerable variety of its connective uses, may be accounted for within a single...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: François Nemo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2002-01-01
Series:DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-44502002000300006&tlng=en