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interno [interno] ADJ M S @N< '-'<br />

bruto [bruto] ADJ M S @N< '-'<br />

(2o)<br />

trouxeram [trazer] V PS/MQP 3P IND VFIN @FMV '[they] brought'<br />

cerca=de [cerca=de] ADV @>A ‘about’<br />

$4 [4] NUM M/F P @>N '4'<br />

bilhões [bilhão] N M P @ @#FS- ‘they’<br />

estima [estimar] V PR 3S IND VFIN @FMV ‘estimate’<br />

$,<br />

Even qual, which mostly occurs as a prenominal or relative (o=qual) determiner, can<br />

appear as relative adverbial and head a direct comparison (2p).<br />

(2p)<br />

ele [ele] PERS M 3S NOM/PIV @SUBJ> ‘he’<br />

nada [nadar] V PR 3S IND VFIN @FMV ‘swam’<br />

qual [qual] ADV @COM @#AS-N ‘a’<br />

peixe [peixe] N M S @AS< 'fish'<br />

A very special case of direct comparison are como se ('as if') constructions, where an<br />

analysis as direct comparative AS strands two complementisers on top of each other,<br />

since the AS's body is itself a clause, introduced by the subordinating conjunction se.<br />

(2q)<br />

A [a] DET F S @>N ‘the’<br />

imagem [imagem] N F S @SUBJ> ‘picture’<br />

foi [ser] V PS 3S IND VFIN @FAUX ‘was’<br />

considerada [considerar] V PCP F S @IMV @#ICL-AUX< ‘considered’<br />

um [um] DET M S @>N ‘an’<br />

ícone [ícone] N M S @N ‘the’<br />

abertura [abertura] N F S @P< ‘opening’<br />

política [político] ADJ F S @N< ‘political’<br />

$,<br />

como [como] ADV @COM @#AS- ‘it’<br />

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