Chapter 7. The comitative-copular basis of possessive-existential constructions in Brazilian Portuguese
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Juanito Ornelas de Avelar
Abstract
This paper shows that some properties of possessive and existential sentences in Brazilian Portuguese can be properly explained if the possessive-existential verb ter ‘have’ is derived by the combination of the features associated with estar ‘be’ and the features corresponding to the comitative preposition com ‘with’. I will concentrate on the following facts: (i) the thematic parallelism betweenter- and estar com-clauses in possessive and existential domains; (ii) the restrict interpretation of null possessors in ter-constructions; and (iii) the emergence of ter as an existential verb in Brazilian Portuguese, but not in European Portuguese.
Abstract
This paper shows that some properties of possessive and existential sentences in Brazilian Portuguese can be properly explained if the possessive-existential verb ter ‘have’ is derived by the combination of the features associated with estar ‘be’ and the features corresponding to the comitative preposition com ‘with’. I will concentrate on the following facts: (i) the thematic parallelism betweenter- and estar com-clauses in possessive and existential domains; (ii) the restrict interpretation of null possessors in ter-constructions; and (iii) the emergence of ter as an existential verb in Brazilian Portuguese, but not in European Portuguese.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
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Introduction
- Chapter 1. Brazilian Portuguese under minimalist lenses 3
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Part I. Movement and empty category issues
- Chapter 2. Null subjects and finite control in Brazilian Portuguese 17
- Chapter 3. Movement and resumption in null possessor constructions in Brazilian Portuguese 51
- Chapter 4. Patterns of extraction out of factive Islands in Brazilian Portuguese 69
- Chapter 5. A Uniform raising analysis for standard and nonstandard relative clauses in Brazilian Portuguese 93
- Chapter 6. Stress shift as a diagnostics for identifying empty categories in Brazilian Portuguese 121
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Part II. Issues on the syntax-morphology interface
- Chapter 7. The comitative-copular basis of possessive-existential constructions in Brazilian Portuguese 139
- Chapter 8. Topicalization of verbal projections in Brazilian Portuguese 161
- Chapter 9. Preposition contraction and morphological sideward movement in Brazilian Portuguese 191
- Chapter 10. Lack of morphological identity and ellipsis resolution in Brazilian Portuguese 215
- Author index 237
- Language index 239
- Subject index 241
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
-
Introduction
- Chapter 1. Brazilian Portuguese under minimalist lenses 3
-
Part I. Movement and empty category issues
- Chapter 2. Null subjects and finite control in Brazilian Portuguese 17
- Chapter 3. Movement and resumption in null possessor constructions in Brazilian Portuguese 51
- Chapter 4. Patterns of extraction out of factive Islands in Brazilian Portuguese 69
- Chapter 5. A Uniform raising analysis for standard and nonstandard relative clauses in Brazilian Portuguese 93
- Chapter 6. Stress shift as a diagnostics for identifying empty categories in Brazilian Portuguese 121
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Part II. Issues on the syntax-morphology interface
- Chapter 7. The comitative-copular basis of possessive-existential constructions in Brazilian Portuguese 139
- Chapter 8. Topicalization of verbal projections in Brazilian Portuguese 161
- Chapter 9. Preposition contraction and morphological sideward movement in Brazilian Portuguese 191
- Chapter 10. Lack of morphological identity and ellipsis resolution in Brazilian Portuguese 215
- Author index 237
- Language index 239
- Subject index 241
