Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN (Sep 2009)
Determination and description of «migratory groups of the words» in the system of the portuguese language
Abstract
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.