Open AccessAs construções passivas impessoais: uma análise contrastiva entre o português europeu e o francês
Author(s) -
Mariana Sofia Silva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
elingup
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1647-4058
DOI - 10.21747/1647-4058/eling10_2a3
Subject(s) - psychology , humanities , philosophy
Eventhoughtraditionalgrammarviewspassiveconstructionsasmere“mirrors”oftheiractivecounterparts,manytheoreticiansarguethatpassiveconstructionshavetheirownindependentsyntacticstructure.Inthispaper,wetakeacontrastiveapproachonimpersonalpassiveconstructions.Intheseconstructions,theNPremainsintheclassicalDirectObjectposition,butittriggersagreement,whichshowsthatitbehavesasSubject.Thismaybeduetoatransmissionofnominativecaseinformationfromanemptycategory.ThisispossibleinEuropeanPortuguese,butnotinFrench,duetodifferencesinwhichconcernstheNullSubjectParameter in these two languages.