Manuela Ambar

List of John Benjamins publications for which Manuela Ambar plays a role.

Ambar, Manuela, Esmeralda Vailati Negrão, Rita Veloso and Luís Graça 2009 Tense domains in BP and EP – vP, CP and phasesRomance Languages and Linguistic Theory: Selected papers from ‘Going Romance’ Amsterdam 2007, Aboh, Enoch O., Elisabeth van der Linden, Josep Quer and Petra Sleeman (eds.), pp. 1–24 | Article
In this article we will deal with intriguing oppositions in Brazilian and European Portuguese in structures involving Aux-to-Comp, Complementizer Deletion and verbal complex gerunds versus adjunct gerunds licensing. The objectives of this paper are twofold: (i) to investigate to what extent those… read more
Ambar, Manuela 2005 Clefts and tense asymmetriesUG and External Systems: Language, brain and computation, Di Sciullo, Anna Maria (ed.), pp. 95–127 | Article
Ambar, Manuela, Manuela Gonzaga and Esmeralda Vailati Negrão 2004 Tense, Quantification and Clause Structure in EP and BP. Evidence from a Comparative Study on SempreRomance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2002: Selected papers from ‘Going Romance’, Groningen, 28–30 November 2002, Bok-Bennema, Reineke, Bart Hollebrandse, Brigitte Kampers-Manhe and Petra Sleeman (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Article
Ambar, Manuela 2003 Wh-asymmetriesAsymmetry in Grammar: Volume 1: Syntax and semantics, Di Sciullo, Anna Maria (ed.), pp. 209–249 | Article
Ambar, Manuela 2002 Wh-questions and Wh-exclamatives: Unifying mirror effectsRomance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2000: Selected papers from ‘Going Romance’ 2000, Utrecht, 30 November–2 December, Beyssade, Claire, Reineke Bok-Bennema, Frank Drijkoningen and Paola Monachesi (eds.), pp. 15–40 | Article
Ambar, Manuela 1999 Infinitives vs. participlesSemantic Issues in Romance Syntax, Treviño, Esthela and José Lema (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Article
Ambar, Manuela 1999 Aspects of the Syntax of Focus in PortugueseThe Grammar of Focus, Rebuschi, Georges and Laurice Tuller (eds.), pp. 23–54 | Article