The present dissertation is concerned with the use and interpretation of null and pronominal
subjects in Brazilian Portuguese. This investigation examines these phenomena in an …

This study aims to determine how (a) ambiguity resolution differs in English, Spanish, and
Portuguese;(b) L2 learners are influenced by their L1 regarding ambiguity resolution; and (c) …

This paper investigates the conditions of choice in discourse between various verbal
anaphors in English, namely Post-Auxiliary Ellipsis with auxiliary do; do so; and do …

▪ ABSTRACT: This paper presents the results of a pilot study that aims to analyse the
differences in the resolution of ambiguous anaphora in Portuguese, English, and Spanish as …

In this chapter, Marco Rocha examines anaphora in English and Portuguese spoken texts,
and the author develops and applies his own detailed corpus annotation scheme. Rocha …

This paper describes a set of 4 experiments that examined fully specified pronouns and
conceptual anaphors in intra-sentential contexts to argue that both are subject to structural …

This paper examines the semantic behavior of sentential anaphora with generic
antecedents in Brazilian Portuguese (BP). It does so in the light of the analysis of generic …

In a corpus study and two acceptability experiments, we investigate whether semantic and
discourse features of the antecedents affect the use of null and overt subjects in Brazilian …

Brazilian Portuguese (BP) is unique among Romance languages in that it allows null direct
objects where other Romance varieties require clitic pronouns, as in Eu comprei 0 ontem,'I …

In a corpus study and two acceptability experiments, we investigate whether semantic and
discourse features of the antecedents affect the use of null and overt subjects in Brazilian …