Intensifier Adjectives in Brazilian Portuguese: Properties, Distribution, and Morphological Reflexes

In this article we analyze the morphosyntactic, syntactic, and semantic properties of intensifier adjectives in Brazilian Portuguese. To map their distribution, we have applied tests of word order, definiteness, and types of phrases and sentences in which they occur. As a result, we found the follow...

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Autores principales: CNPq : processo 306559/2013-7 e processo 160605/2014-8, Foltran, Maria José, Nóbrega, Vítor Augusto
Formato: Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:Portugués
Inglés
Publicado: ALFA: Revista de Linguística 2016
Materias:
Nominal phrase; Modification; Intensifier adjectives;
Sintagma nominal; Modificação; Adjetivos intensificadores;
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/7868
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=br/br-048&d=article7868oai
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Inglés
topic Nominal phrase; Modification; Intensifier adjectives;
Sintagma nominal; Modificação; Adjetivos intensificadores;
spellingShingle Nominal phrase; Modification; Intensifier adjectives;
Sintagma nominal; Modificação; Adjetivos intensificadores;
CNPq : processo 306559/2013-7 e processo 160605/2014-8
Foltran, Maria José
Nóbrega, Vítor Augusto
Intensifier Adjectives in Brazilian Portuguese: Properties, Distribution, and Morphological Reflexes
topic_facet Nominal phrase; Modification; Intensifier adjectives;
Sintagma nominal; Modificação; Adjetivos intensificadores;
description In this article we analyze the morphosyntactic, syntactic, and semantic properties of intensifier adjectives in Brazilian Portuguese. To map their distribution, we have applied tests of word order, definiteness, and types of phrases and sentences in which they occur. As a result, we found the following main patterns: (i) they are used exclusively preposed to the modified element, (ii) they appear in definite and indefinite noun phrases, (iii) they can be used in exclamative sentences, and (iv) they can occur in noun phrases with multiple instantiation of indefinite determiners. Regarding the lexical categories they modify, we observed two major groups: those which modify only nouns (viz., baita ‘≈ great’, bruta ‘brute’, senhor(a) ‘sir, lady’, puta ‘whore’), and those which modify nouns and items of other lexical categories (viz., mega ‘mega’, hiper ‘hyper’, super ‘super’). The aforementioned properties shed light on the controversial morphological status of mega, hiper, and super. Although these modifiers are assumed to be prefixes, we claim they are independent adjectives. This assumption allows us to readily explain data such as supermercado ‘supermarket’, mega-feirão ‘big sale’, and hipercorreção ‘hypercorrection’, analyzing them as A-N compounds, oppositely to what the literature has been claiming.
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author CNPq : processo 306559/2013-7 e processo 160605/2014-8
Foltran, Maria José
Nóbrega, Vítor Augusto
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Foltran, Maria José
Nóbrega, Vítor Augusto
author_sort CNPq : processo 306559/2013-7 e processo 160605/2014-8
title Intensifier Adjectives in Brazilian Portuguese: Properties, Distribution, and Morphological Reflexes
title_short Intensifier Adjectives in Brazilian Portuguese: Properties, Distribution, and Morphological Reflexes
title_full Intensifier Adjectives in Brazilian Portuguese: Properties, Distribution, and Morphological Reflexes
title_fullStr Intensifier Adjectives in Brazilian Portuguese: Properties, Distribution, and Morphological Reflexes
title_full_unstemmed Intensifier Adjectives in Brazilian Portuguese: Properties, Distribution, and Morphological Reflexes
title_sort intensifier adjectives in brazilian portuguese: properties, distribution, and morphological reflexes
publisher ALFA: Revista de Linguística
publishDate 2016
url https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/7868
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