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4.2.2 The adpositional group<br />

head argument adjects modifier adjects<br />

AP ADJ adjective<br />

PCP participle<br />

(participles are<br />

attributive<br />

participles, which -<br />

unlike verbal<br />

participles after<br />

ter/haver - have<br />

gender and number<br />

inflexion)<br />

ADV adverb<br />

DET determiner<br />

PP as @A< (post-adject)<br />

cheio de<br />

parecido com<br />

antes da ceia<br />

depois da festa<br />

relativamenta à lei<br />

NP as @A<<br />

inclusive os alunos<br />

FS-KOMP comparative<br />

subclauses as @A<<br />

mais velho que<br />

AS-KOMP comparative<br />

small clauses as @ A<<br />

tão velho como<br />

tanto dinheiro quanto<br />

- 226 -<br />

ADV as @>A (mostly preadject<br />

intensifiers, but also<br />

@AA (rare)<br />

um=tanto devagar<br />

nada religioso<br />

AS-KOMP comparative<br />

clauses as @A<<br />

forte como um urso<br />

Structurally, the traditional form categories of adjective group (adjp), adverb group<br />

(advp) and what I would call determiner group (detp), have much in common. They all<br />

allow a probably closed class of intensifier pre-adjects, and prepositional groups as<br />

modifier or argument post-adjects. Pre-adject intensifiers co-vary with one post-adject<br />

intensifier, ‘demais’.<br />

@>A @HEAD<br />

muito/pouco<br />

bem/mal<br />

completamente/nada<br />

algo/um tanto<br />

incrivelmente<br />

mais/menos<br />

tão<br />

velho ADJ<br />

visível ADJ<br />

contente ADJ<br />

derrubado PCP<br />

socialista N <br />

iconoclasta N <br />

bem ADV<br />

depressa ADV<br />

poucos DET<br />

@A<<br />

de corpo e ânimo<br />

na cidade<br />

com a situação<br />

na época pelos comunistas<br />

de vocação<br />

como mais ninguém<br />

demais<br />

do que eu<br />

como aqui

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