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Lívio, Camila; Howe, Chad – Hispania, 2020
Intensifiers have been the focus of a number of studies over the past decade, with considerable interest in their meaning and variability. Several scholars have discussed the use of such forms, particularly in English (Ito and Tagliamonte 2003, Tagliamonte 2008) and Spanish (Brown and Cortés-Torres 2013; Kanwit et al. 2017), exploring their…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Language Variation, Portuguese, Humanities
Callou, Dinah – 2001
This paper discusses the details of existential sentences constructed with the Portuguese verbs "ter" and "haver" in the interpersonal form. The uses of these verbs are discussed and analyzed in detail. The history and evolution of linguistic changes in Brazilian Portuguese are discussed in an attempt to detect historical…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, English, Foreign Countries