Periphrastic voice with see in Portuguese

Several European languages have periphrastic constructions involving “see” as avoiceauxiliary, inparticular areflexiveconstruction suchasthefollowing fromPortuguese:aempresaviu-seobrigadaadespedir30trabalhadores“the company found itself forced to lay off 30 workers”. This construction is the passive...

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Main Author: Lehmann, Christian (author)
Other Authors: Pinto de Lima, José (author), Soares, Rute (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Auxiliary
Grammaticalization
Infinitive
Passive construction
Verb of perception
Periphrastic voice
Promotion
Reflexive voice
Standard passive
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/99547
Country:Portugal
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