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Basic word order in Brazilian Portuguese: A hybrid extended projection principle (EPP)

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posted on 2023-07-26, 14:22 authored by Michelle Sheehan
This paper proposes a novel analysis of word order in Brazilian Portuguese (BP), based on a hybrid model of EPP satisfaction. It is proposed that the subject requirement or EPP is a [uD] feature on T which can be satisfied either by DP movement or by movement of an inflected verb bearing a [D] feature in BP. This, it is claimed, offers an explanatory account of basic word order patterns in BP. External argument DPs, merged above V, are closer to T than V, meaning that they must raise to satisfy the EPP, predicting SV(O) order with transitive and unergative predicates, including transitive psych-predicates. Internal arguments are merged below V, however, and so with unaccusatives, it is movement of the verb bearing a [uD] feature which satisfies the EPP, giving rise to VS order. With copular verbs which take small clause complements, a similar affect holds, as the copular verb can satisfy the EPP. Verb movement can also satisfy the EPP in impersonal contexts, hence the fact that BP lacks overt expletives.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

58

Page range

104-129

Publication title

Estudos Linguísticos e Literários

ISSN

2176-4794

Publisher

Universidade Federal da Bahia

File version

  • Published version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2018-06-12

Legacy creation date

2018-06-12

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

ARCHIVED Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences (until September 2018)

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