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Title: | Null Subjects in Brazilian Portuguese: A Unified Model |
Authors: | Prado, Frederico |
Advisor: | Kučerová, Ivona |
Department: | Cognitive Science of Language |
Keywords: | syntax, brazilian portuguese, null subjects |
Publication Date: | 2019 |
Abstract: | Null subjects in Brazilian Portuguese display a puzzling distribution that has not been fully accounted in current literature. In short, null subjects are seen in different patterns in matrix and embedded clauses. Furthermore, declaratives and questions also show a different distribution of null subjects, and WH movement seems to play a part in blocking null subject licensing in questions. This work aims to propose a solution to this puzzle by presenting a model centered around φ-feature and discursive (δ) feature interaction at the Left Periphery. The main historical assumption being that BP displays properties of a discursive-oriented language, an hypothesis based on the extended contact the language had with Bantu throughout its history. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/24785 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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