Counterdirectionality cross-linguistically: Comparing Brazilian Portuguese and Dutch
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2016
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Zwarts, Joost
Basso, Renato Miguel
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In this paper, we investigated the expression of “counterdirectionality”, contrasting Brazilian Portuguese and Dutch data. Firstly, we define counterdirectionality using English data, and we present some of its subdivisions in meaning. Secondly, we investigated the expression of counterdirectionality in Brazilian Portuguese and Dutch, comparing the two languages.
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Contradirecionalidade, construções espaciais, preposição, semântica, metáfora, Taverne
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Zwarts, J & Basso, R M 2016, 'Counterdirectionality cross-linguistically: Comparing Brazilian Portuguese and Dutch', Revista da Abralin, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 19-44.