Null subjects and verbal morphology in Brazilian Portuguese

3 Março 2016, 10:00 • Fernando Jorge da Costa de Brissos

1. Changes in the pronominal system. The prevalence of pronouns você, a gente, vocês and the predominance of third person verb forms.

2. Changes in verbal morphology. The co-existence of different verbal paradigms on contemporary Brazilian Portuguese.

3. The behavior of contemporary Brazilian Portuguese with regard to the “Null Subject Parameter”. The tendency to full referential subjects. The absence of “Avoid Pronoun Principle” effects.