Relativas livres e interrogativas parciais: como Óscar Lopes viu algumas destas construções

Abstract

In this paper we analyze some syntactic and semantic properties of free relatives and wh subordinate interrogatives, both proper and improper, developing Brito (1991), Brito and Duarte (2003), Móia (1996), Veloso (2013), Matos and Brito (2013), Mioto and Lobo (2016), correlating them with the way Óscar Lopes described these constructions; we highlight structural and semantic ambiguity of some of wh constructions. We argue for the existence of several types of free relatives, mainly ones with definite, universal and indefinite meaning.

Keywords

• wh subordinate interrogatives
• proper and improper interrogatives
• free relatives
• Óscar Lopes
• ambiguity