Contrasting Dative Expression in Varieties of Portuguese

This paper aims to contrast the dative expression in different varieties of Portuguese. While European Portuguese uses ditransitive prepositional constructions (DPC) and Recipients [±ANIM] are introduced by the functional preposition a, non-European varieties of Portuguese exhibit a range of alterna...

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Published in:Bulletin of Hispanic studies (Liverpool : Liverpool University Press : 1996) 2020, Vol.97 (1), p.59-80
Main Author: Goncalves, Rita
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bantu languages
Brazilian Portuguese
Language varieties
Latin language
Lengua portuguesa
Linguistics
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Summary:This paper aims to contrast the dative expression in different varieties of Portuguese. While European Portuguese uses ditransitive prepositional constructions (DPC) and Recipients [±ANIM] are introduced by the functional preposition a, non-European varieties of Portuguese exhibit a range of alternative strategies: (i) Brazilian Portuguese and Angolan Portuguese use a DPC introduced by para or em respectively; (ii) Mozambican Portuguese tends to use double object constructions (DOC) and dative passives; and (iii) Santomean Portuguese exhibits dative alternation between DOC and DPC which make use of either the preposition a or para. In this paper we discuss to what extent the strategies employed by these Portuguese varieties are due to the historical contact with Creole and Bantu languages, as well as to an ambiguous input from European Portuguese.
ISSN:1475-3839
1478-3398
DOI:10.3828/bhs.2020.4