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| Author(s): |
Karina Gomes Bertolino
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2013-07-29 |
| Examining board members: |
Elaine Bicudo Grolla;
Ruth Elisabeth Vasconcellos Lopes;
Esmeralda Vailati Negrão
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| Advisor: | Elaine Bicudo Grolla |
| Abstract | |
This dissertation aims to discuss cases in which the form ele in Brazilian Portuguese (BP) can be locally bound. Two experiments were conducted: in the first one, adult speakers of BP and children acquiring this language refused the locally bound reading of ele when it was the direct object of a verb. On the other hand, in the second experiment, adults and children allowed the locally bound reading of ele when it was inside a PP. We noted an association between the acceptability of the bound reading of ele and the semantic nature of the predicate: the children and adults tested allowed local binding of ele significantly more often with probable reflexive verbs, than with improbable ones. Following Hornstein (2001), I assume that the bound pronoun ele is an elsewhere element that is inserted in prepositional contexts, due to the absence of preposition stranding in BP. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/04281-9 - Restrictions on the interpretation of the proform ele with local antecedent in Brazilian Portuguese: an experimental study |
| Grantee: | Karina Gomes Bertolino |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |