Differential Object Marking in diachrony
The case of Brazilian Portuguese
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4789695 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sonia Cyrino (0000-0003-1333-3851, Hospital de Clínicas da Unicamp), Monica-Alexandrina Irimia (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista Letras (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0100-0888 • E-ISSN: 2236-0999 |
| Publisher | Universidade Federal do Parana (PUBLISHER • BR) |
| DOI | 10.5380/rel.v99i1.65275 |
| OpenAlex | W2988664898 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
It is usually assumed that animate direct objects are generally not marked in Brazilian Portuguese.Several diachronic studies have nevertheless concluded that a-marking on direct objects, which is homophonous to the dative (just like Differential Object Marking in other Romance varieties), was possible from the 16 th to 18 th centuries and then it was lost.Based on synchronic Brazilian Portuguese data we observe that, in fact, the decay is not complete and there is variation in the use of that a before direct objects, the marking being obligatory before [+animate] complements in certain constructions, among which coordination and comparatives.We then situate Brazilian Portuguese within the larger Romance Differential Object Marking picture.Theoretically, we approach the Brazilian Portuguese data by considering an analysis that connects Differential Object Marking to a licensing condition beyond Case: an independent licensing condition will be shown to be necessary for certain classes of direct objects
Brazilian Portuguese · Differential (mechanical device) · Geography · Linguistics · Object (grammar) · Physics · Portuguese · Computer Science · History · Linguistics and Language Studies · Philosophy · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Ellipsis
Differential Object Marking in Romance and Beyond
A case for a Weak Case Contiguity hypothesis—a reply to Caha
The Object Agreement Constraint
The representation of third person and its consequences for person-case effects
The Person Case Constraint
Licensing and Differential Object Marking
VP-Ellipsis Is Not Licensed by VP-Topicalization
Syntax and Syncretisms of the Person Case Constraint
Person and Number in Pronouns
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |