The checking of formal features and structure DP: a comparative study of brazilian portuguese, english and italian

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  • Maria Fernanda Moreira Barbosa Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Keywords:

Agreement. Interpretable features and uninterpretable features. DP Structure.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the variation in the number agreement between determinant (D) and noun (N) in natural languages. Based on the proposal of Magalhães (2004), we will compare the data from the Brazilian Portuguese, English and Italian, in order to establish possible similarities or differences in the marking of number agreement in DP.

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Author Biography

Maria Fernanda Moreira Barbosa, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Departamento de Linguística e Filologia da Faculdade de Letras da UFRJ / Área de concentração: Linguística

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2012-10-08

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Barbosa, M. F. M. (2012). The checking of formal features and structure DP: a comparative study of brazilian portuguese, english and italian. ARREDIA, 1(1), 83–101. Retrieved from https://ojs.ufgd.edu.br/arredia/article/view/1586

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2012)

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