Morphosyntactic peculiarities of ditransitive constructions with the verb 'DAR' in Portuguese Sign Language

Authors

  • Celda Choupina Instituto Politécnico do Porto (ESE) / CLUP/ InED
  • Ana Maria Brito Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto / CLUP
  • Fernanda Bettencourt Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln2ano2016a6

Keywords:

Portuguese Sign Language, ditransitive constructions, morphosyntax, word order, agreement

Abstract

In this study we analyze some morphosyntactic aspects of the verb DAR (to give) in LGP (Portuguese Sign Language) in simple declarative sentences, in particular, two properties: (i) the position of the arguments regarding the verb and (ii) the agreement of the verb with the internal arguments. We defend that the basic word order in ditransitive constructions is S V DO IO, although other syntactic processes, such as simple and double topicalization may, apparently, call into question the existence of that basic pattern.

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Published

2016-10-31

How to Cite

Choupina, C., Ana Maria Brito, & Bettencourt, F. (2016). Morphosyntactic peculiarities of ditransitive constructions with the verb ’DAR’ in Portuguese Sign Language. Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association, (2), 117–147. https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln2ano2016a6

Issue

No. 2 (2016): Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association

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