Specificities of coordinative “nem” in European Portuguese

Authors

  • Nádia Canceiro Universidade de Lisboa, CLUL
  • Gabriela Matos Universidade de Lisboa, CLUL
  • Madalena Colaço Universidade de Lisboa, CLUL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln4ano2018a29

Keywords:

coordination, negation, negative polarity, coordinative conjunction

Abstract

European Portuguese nem corresponds to two different categories, a coordenative conjunction and a negative non-conjunctional element that in some contexts assumes a scalar meaning. We will show that, although both of these homonymous particles necessarily occur in negative domains, they have a different syntactic distribution and display specific properties. Focusing on coordenative nem in correlative and the non-correlative constructions, we will propose an account of their licensing conditions in integrated and parenthetical coordinate structures.

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Published

2018-10-15

How to Cite

Canceiro, N., Matos, G., & Colaço, M. (2018). Specificities of coordinative “nem” in European Portuguese. Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association, (4), 34–47. https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln4ano2018a29

Issue

No. 4 (2018): Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association

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Copyright (c) 2018 Nádia Canceiro, Gabriela Matos, Madalena Colaço

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