A degree semantic treatment for the Brazilian Portuguese intensifiers muito and bem

Authors

  • Ana Quadros Gomes

Keywords:

Degree Semantics, Gradable Adjectives, Intensifiers, Bem, Muito.

Abstract

Degree modifiers (DMs) change the relation between compared degrees. Brazilian Portuguese (BP) DMs do not specialize in modifying Gradable Adjectives (GAs) with a particular scale structure, but each one produces modified adjective phrases of a certain type. ‘Bem’ takes a category to which the GA argument belongs as the parameter and demands that the degree of the individual overlaps with the degree of the parameter. ‘Muito’ reminds ‘very’: the standard comes from the context and must show a distinct degree from the one the GA’s argument is mapped to.

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Published

2016-04-04

How to Cite

Gomes, A. Q. (2016). A degree semantic treatment for the Brazilian Portuguese intensifiers muito and bem. Estudos Linguísticos (São Paulo. 1978), 40(1), 379–394. Retrieved from https://revistadogel.emnuvens.com.br/estudos-linguisticos/article/view/1403

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Section

Semântica