Biographical note: Acrisio Pires, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA; Jason Rothman, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
This title consists of a chronological overview of Portuguese literature from the 12th century to the present day, and is supplemented by essays centred on major authors, genres and periods, as well as a history of the translation of Portuguese work.
This companion volume offers an introduction to European Portuguese literature for university-level readers. It consists of a chronological overview of Portuguese literature from the twelfth century to the present day, by some of the most distinguished li.
List of tables -- List of figures -- Preface -- Abbreviations used in glosses -- 1. Introduction -- 2. VPE and the structural and anaphoric properties of minimal answers in EP adult grammar -- 3. Learnability issues in VPE and focus -- 4. How early can VPE be found? -- 5. Answer…
This volume sheds light on one of the most emblematic constructions in Ibero-Romance: adverbial infinitives with specified subjects, as in al entrar Juan (Sp), para eles verem o resultado (Ptg). From a cognitive-functional perspective and on the basis of elaborate empirical (cor…