Dummy prepositions and the licensing of null subjects in Brazilian Portuguese
This paper discusses constructions in Brazilian Portuguese in which a null subject is adequately licensed only if the clause containing it is preceded by the dummy preposition de. Assuming that referential null subjects in Brazilian Portuguese are traces of A-movement (see Ferreira 2000, 2004 and Rodrigues 2002, 2004), I argue that the presence of de signals whether or not the embedded clause has received inherent Case and this ultimately determines whether the embedded subject is allowed to move from within its clause and whether it should undergo upward or sideward movement (see Nunes 2001, 2004).
Cited by (3)
Cited by three other publications
Barbosa, Pilar P.
2019.
proas a Minimal nP: Toward a Unified Approach to Pro-Drop.
Linguistic Inquiry 50:3
► pp. 487 ff.
![DOI logo](//benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Hill, Virginia
2014.
DE-Infinitives as Complements to Romanian Nouns. In
Locality,
► pp. 166 ff.
![DOI logo](//benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
This list is based on CrossRef data as of 16 july 2024. Please note that it may not be complete. Sources presented here have been supplied by the respective publishers.
Any errors therein should be reported to them.