Author(s): Choupina, Celda ; Brito, Ana Maria ; Bettencourt, Fernanda
Date: 2016
Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/87588
Origin: Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto
Subject(s): Línguas, Línguas e literaturas; Languages, Languages and Literature
In this study we analyze some morphosyntactic aspects of the verb DAR (to give) in LGP (Portuguese Sign Language) in simple declarative sentences, in particular, two properties: (i) the position of the arguments regarding the verb and (ii) the agreement of the verb with the internal arguments. We defend that the basic word order in ditransitive constructions is S V DO IO, although other syntactic processes, such as simple and double topicalization may, apparently, call into question the existence of that basic pattern.
