Topic in postverbal position in Brazilian Portuguese

Authors

  • Fernanda Rosa da Silva Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Keywords:

Topic, Right Dislocation, Discourse Strategies, Information Structure

Abstract

This paper investigates the semantics and pragmatics inferences in Brazilian Portuguese (BP) contexts which contains constituents with the informational function of topic postponed to the verb of the sentence. More precisely, this approach aims to answer the following questions: (i) Is it possible a post verbal topic structure in BP? (ii) Which discourse strategies occur in these answers? (iii) Why does the speaker choose a structure with the subject in the post-verbal position?

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Published

2016-02-15

How to Cite

Rosa da Silva, F. (2016). Topic in postverbal position in Brazilian Portuguese. Estudos Linguísticos (São Paulo. 1978), 44(1), 306–320. Retrieved from https://revistas.gel.org.br/estudos-linguisticos/article/view/891

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Section

Semântica