desinência modo temporal

English translation: tense-/mood inflection

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Portuguese term or phrase:desinência modo temporal
English translation:tense-/mood inflection
Entered by: zabrowa

12:04 Jan 10, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Linguistics / theoretical linguistics
Portuguese term or phrase: desinência modo temporal
As formas do futuro são acentuadas na primeira sílaba da desinência modo temporal, o que é formalizado pela regra abaixo.


Future tense forms are stressed on the first syllable of the temporal/modal ending, formalized in the rule below:
zabrowa
Local time: 16:57
tense-/mood inflection
Explanation:
The sentence would be:

'Future tense forms are stressed on the first syllable of the tense-mood inflection*as expressed in the following rule* :

(Note the change between asterisks.)

453 hits on the Internet - for example:

https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0521214629
Robert M. W. Dixon - 1977 - ‎Language Arts & Disciplines
The derived sentence, (950), has a **tense/mood inflection** - whereas a sentence consisting just of an NP, as (949), would not have; this must presumably be ...

The Acquisition of Verbs and their Grammar:: The Effect of ...
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1402043341
Natalia Gagarina, ‎Insa Gülzow - 2006 - ‎Language Arts & Disciplines
Age of Acquisition of Agreement and **Tense/Mood Inflection** This order of acquisition raises a couple of questions. The first question is why children start by using ...

Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0080877753
2010 - ‎Language Arts & Disciplines
... which marks tense/mood on most nonsubject NPs as a partly parallel system to the **tense/ mood inflection** on the verb. Example (1) gives a Kayardild example ...

The Polysynthesis Parameter - Page 459 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0199762325
Mark C. Baker Associate Professor of Linguistics Rutgers University - 1995 - ‎Language Arts & Disciplines
... whereas modal categories such as 'try' and 'should' are expressed by a combination of **tense/mood inflection** and nonverbal particles.7 Mohawk has many of ...

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Local time: 08:57
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tense-/mood inflection


Explanation:
The sentence would be:

'Future tense forms are stressed on the first syllable of the tense-mood inflection*as expressed in the following rule* :

(Note the change between asterisks.)

453 hits on the Internet - for example:

https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0521214629
Robert M. W. Dixon - 1977 - ‎Language Arts & Disciplines
The derived sentence, (950), has a **tense/mood inflection** - whereas a sentence consisting just of an NP, as (949), would not have; this must presumably be ...

The Acquisition of Verbs and their Grammar:: The Effect of ...
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1402043341
Natalia Gagarina, ‎Insa Gülzow - 2006 - ‎Language Arts & Disciplines
Age of Acquisition of Agreement and **Tense/Mood Inflection** This order of acquisition raises a couple of questions. The first question is why children start by using ...

Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0080877753
2010 - ‎Language Arts & Disciplines
... which marks tense/mood on most nonsubject NPs as a partly parallel system to the **tense/ mood inflection** on the verb. Example (1) gives a Kayardild example ...

The Polysynthesis Parameter - Page 459 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0199762325
Mark C. Baker Associate Professor of Linguistics Rutgers University - 1995 - ‎Language Arts & Disciplines
... whereas modal categories such as 'try' and 'should' are expressed by a combination of **tense/mood inflection** and nonverbal particles.7 Mohawk has many of ...



Muriel Vasconcellos
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Local time: 08:57
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Really appreciate your improvements to my translation!

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agree  Rodrigo Cayres
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  -> Thanks again, Rodrigo!

agree  Claudio Rondeico
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  -> Thanks, Claudio!
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