The subject: a sociopragmatic study

The noun phrase which works as the subject of a sentence can be morphologically accomplished through lexicon, pronoun or ellipsis. The choice of one of them is not done at random but according to the motivation provoked by internal and external factors to the linguistic system. The investigation of...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Botassini, Jacqueline Ortelan Maia, Antonio, Juliano Desiderato
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2008
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Repository:Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences (Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/4185
Online Access:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHumanSocSci/article/view/4185
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:sujeito
sintagma nominal
léxico
pronome
elipse
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Summary:The noun phrase which works as the subject of a sentence can be morphologically accomplished through lexicon, pronoun or ellipsis. The choice of one of them is not done at random but according to the motivation provoked by internal and external factors to the linguistic system. The investigation of these rules is based on sociolinguistics and pragmatics.