Pronomes nulos na posição de sujeito no português de Angola - um estudo preliminar

In this article we present a preliminary study of pronouns in subject position in the Portuguese of Angola (PA), based on data obtained in Chavagne (2005). The focus of our analysis is the presence/absence of pronouns in this variant of African Portuguese, aiming at an initial comparison with data o...

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Published inFilologia e lingüística portuguesa Vol. 9; no. 9; pp. 85 - 101
Main Authors Oliveira, Márcia Santos Duarte de, Santos, Eduardo Ferreira dos
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universidade de São Paulo 02.06.2007
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BrazilianPortuguese
European Portuguese
null subject parameter
Portuguese of Angola
Pronouns in subject position
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Summary:In this article we present a preliminary study of pronouns in subject position in the Portuguese of Angola (PA), based on data obtained in Chavagne (2005). The focus of our analysis is the presence/absence of pronouns in this variant of African Portuguese, aiming at an initial comparison with data of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) and of European Portuguese (EP). It has been pointed out in the literature that BP shows a reduction in the occurrence of null pronouns in subject position, differing in this respect from EP. The analysis of the PA data concerning the Null Subject Parameter includes this variant of Portuguese as a null subject language, olike EP. However, like BP but unlike Ep, Portuguese fills the first person singular and plural in the subject position more than in the other persons. In Brazilian Portuguese, this phenomenon was describe in Cyrino, Duarte & Kato (2000).
ISSN:1517-4530
2176-9419
DOI:10.11606/issn.2176-9419.v0i9p85-101