Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN (Sep 2009)

Determination and description of «migratory groups of the words» in the system of the portuguese language

  • Z B Dolgikh

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 3
pp. 45 – 51

Abstract

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The article determines the language units' transition from one lexico-grammatical class to another and vice-versa as a «units' migration» giving also a definition of the term «migratory process» in the system of the Portuguese language. These words are unified to «migratory groups», possessing morphological categories common for the lexico-grammatical classes between which they are located or «migrate», according to the article.

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