Portuguese Syntax

Newly written essays make up this book, none of which has appeared in print before. Together they examine how Portuguese sentences are built, looking at where clitic pronouns sit, how word order can vary, and how the pronoun system works. Other topics include the movement of verbs, how quantifiers behave, and where particles are distributed within a clause.

The authors approach these questions through the principles and parameters framework of generative grammar. Throughout, Portuguese is set beside other Romance languages, so readers can see which features are shared across the family and which are specific to Portuguese.