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Processing and morpho-semantic effects in complementation in Brazilian Portuguese

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Maria Cecilia Mollica
Maria Cecilia Mollica
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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Abstract

Subordinate clauses in Brazilian Portuguese can be introduced by the complementizers que or de que, both corresponding to ‘that’. Both variants are attested even in the earliest documents, although de que is an innovation with respect to Latin. In the standard language, each variant is used in its own characteristic contexts, but in current usage there is variation. Here, the replacement of either variant by the other is treated in a unified manner, with one phenomenon viewed as the mirror image of the other. Psycholinguistic dimensions, such as the parallel processing effect and the effect of distance, are shown to be connected with the semantic dimension of iconicity.

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Research Article
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Language Variation and Change , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , October 1991 , pp. 265 - 274
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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