Publications

Publication details [#20475]

Kliffer, Michael D. 1991. From syntax to pragmatics: Inalienable possession in Brazilian Portugese. In Fortescue, Michael. Switch reference anomalies and `topic' in West Greenlandic: A case of pragmatics over syntax. In : 53–80. : 173–184.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversational implicature | cooperation

Language as a subject

Portuguese, Brazilian

Annotation

Analysis of inalienable possession in Brazilian Portugese from a pragmatic perspective, involving notions such as Grice's cooperative principle, and conversational implicatures.