European Portuguese focalizing SER ‘to be’
A verbal focus marker
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.SER is a verbal focus marker
- 3.Projection and selection
- 4.Distribution of SER in the clause
- 5.Agreement
- 6.Conclusion
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Notes
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References
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