Abstract
Previous studies like Leiria (2000), Schwindt (2000), Bisol (2000, 2004, 2005), Toneli (2009), and others, have presented evidence for the existence of a prosodic domain in Brazilian Portuguese (PB) above the foot and below the phonological phrase, that is, the Prosodic Word domain, that would cover the morphological units. However, besides presenting evidence for this domain in BP, these…