Abstract
Nominalizations encompassed in Brazilian Portuguese light verb constructions (LVCs) with the verb 'dar', such as 'dar uma olhada' (to have a look), often considered participial (Scher, 2004; Medeiros, 2008), stand out for their regularity - being even referred to as "nominalizations in -ada", although "their [suffix] realization can be -ada or -ida depending on the thematic vowel applied …