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| Author(s): |
Harley Fabiano das Neves Toniette
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem |
| Defense date: | 2013-04-24 |
| Examining board members: |
Juanito Ornelas de Avelar;
Charlotte Galves;
Marcello Modesto dos Santos
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| Advisor: | Juanito Ornelas de Avelar |
| Abstract | |
Following the Minimalist Program (Chomsky 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2008), this dissertation proposes that the agreement of the verbal inflection with non-argumental phrases in Brazilian Portuguese occurs when C shares its f-features with T, in the sense proposed by Ouali (2008), and the probe starting from T doesn't detect a phrase to guarantee the valuation of T's f-features. This hypothesis predicts that in Brazilian Portuguese, C can attribute nominative Case to phrases in Spec-C, which allows explain why topics and wh-phrases can dispense with prepositions in this language. The dissertation also highlights grammatical contrasts regarding the co-occurrence of topics and wh-phrases, showing the advantages of this analysis over other approaches on topicalized phrases in the literature of Brazilian Portuguese (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/05438-9 - Agreement with non argumental phrases in brazilian portuguese |
| Grantee: | Harley Fabiano das Neves Toniette |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |