Content and function words in oral discourse: a comparison of a form of the auxiliary verb poder and the noun pó in Brazilian Portuguese

The goal of this paper is to verify whether there is an acoustic difference between a reduced form of the verb poder (po’) ‘to be able to’ and the noun pó ‘powder’ in Brazilian Portuguese oral discourse. The reduction of the verb occurs in contexts in which it is an auxiliary in periphrases formed w...

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Main Authors:	Silva, Luis Filipe Lima e, Lima e Silva, Luis Filipe
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2025
Subjects:	Syntax Auxiliary verb Phonetic reduction Suprasegmental features Function words Content words
Online Access:	https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/joss/article/view/20393
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