Year: 1992
Type: article
Abstract: This paper discusses the possibility of the application ofthe Lexical Diffussion model to a syntactic phenomenon. It shows the importance oflexical parameters, Formality and Frequency, as factors of implementation of "Queísmo" and "Dequeísmo" in Portuguese. Statistical results demonstrate that the twoprocesses are only apparently opposite in the system and that they are, in fact, closely related, so that we can consider them as the sarne variatrion focus in thelanguage.
Source: Revista de Estudos da Linguagem
Author: Maria Cecília Mollica
Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W980503695