Abstract
This paper is an attempt to describe the main differences between European Portuguese (EP) and Brazilian Portuguese (BP) concerning the form and the use of anaphoric temporal locators. I concentrate on two types of locators: locators with demonstratives (Section 3) and locators with vague time expressions (Section 4). With respect to the former type, I propose that the opposition between locators headed by an explicit operator and locators headed by an implicit operation interacts with deixis and anaphora dependencies. As for the latter type, I restrict myself to the presentation of lexical and semantic differences between the two varieties.
Highlights
As many times pointed out in the literature, demonstrative pronouns play a crucial role in the expression of deixis and anaphora dependencies
The study presented in this paper shows that there exist interesting differences regarding the use of such pronouns in European Portuguese (EP) and Brazilian Portuguese (BP)
The data presented are mainly extracted from two on-line corpora: the NILC-São Carlos Corpus (NILC) for Brazilian Portuguese, and Natura/Público (NP) for European Portuguese
Summary
As many times pointed out in the literature, demonstrative pronouns play a crucial role in the expression of deixis and anaphora dependencies. The study presented in this paper shows that there exist interesting differences regarding the use of such pronouns in EP and BP. A closer look at temporal locators with demonstratives – e.g., neste ano (“in_this year”, this year), esta semana (“this week”, this week) – reveals the existence of na interaction between the referential properties of these locators and the presence vs absence of an explicit operator heading them.
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