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estando a raiz do sintagma nominal sujeito

English translation: in which the root of the noun syntagma is the subject

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Portuguese term or phrase:estando a raiz do sintagma nominal sujeito
English translation:in which the root of the noun syntagma is the subject
Entered by: zabrowa

16:09 Apr 26, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Linguistics
Portuguese term or phrase: estando a raiz do sintagma nominal sujeito
Ejemplo (1) mostra a cláusula com o classificador incorporado, estando a raiz do sintagma nominal sujeito sem a presença do classificador nominal.
zabrowa
Local time: 10:43
in which the root of the noun syntagma is the subject
Explanation:
This is the meaning of your phrase. See reference to noun syntagma serving as a subject:

books.google.com/books?id=yhg1SZhEseYC
Enrique Soldevilla
In this case, and since the gaze grammar, “A man” is a noun syntagma whose ... **the noun syntagma became the subject and the verb "arrived" is the verbal predicate.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 01:43
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Summary of answers provided
4whereas the nominal classifier is absent in the subject as a nominal syntagma
Mario Freitas
4in which the root of the noun syntagma is the subject
Muriel Vasconcellos
4and the root of the nominal syntagma subject is
Elenice Brasseland
4 -1with the root of the subject noun/nominal phrase
Martin Riordan


  

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whereas the nominal classifier is absent in the subject as a nominal syntagma


Explanation:
In this case, it sounds better if the phrase is inverted.

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 05:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 35

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: I don't understand what you're trying to say here. BTW, we don't say 'nominal syntagma'; it's 'noun syntagma'.
5 hrs
  -> Correct. "Noun syntagma".
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
with the root of the subject noun/nominal phrase


Explanation:
... lacking a classifier.

Example sentence(s):
  • A noun phrase or nominal phrase (abbreviated NP) is a phrase which has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head word, or which performs the same grammatical function as such a phrase.

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_phrase#Components_of_noun_...
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classifier_%28linguistics%29
Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 05:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Muriel Vasconcellos: I think you're missing the point. The noun syntagma is serving as the subject.
44 mins
  -> I think you may be right! It's a pity Example (1) wasn't included in the context.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in which the root of the noun syntagma is the subject


Explanation:
This is the meaning of your phrase. See reference to noun syntagma serving as a subject:

books.google.com/books?id=yhg1SZhEseYC
Enrique Soldevilla
In this case, and since the gaze grammar, “A man” is a noun syntagma whose ... **the noun syntagma became the subject and the verb "arrived" is the verbal predicate.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 01:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2542
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
and the root of the nominal syntagma subject is


Explanation:
A expressão **estando a raiz do SNs sem a presença do […]** equivale a **e a raiz do SNs está sem a presença do […]**

Se o que se quer dizer é que «a raiz do SNs está sem a presença do classificador nominal», então, a última parte do parágrafo poderia ficar assim: and the nominal classifier is not present in the root of the nominal syntagma subject.

É o que sugiro.

Outras sugestões, dependendo do restante do texto:
- with the nominal classifier not present […]
- being that the nominal classifier is not present […]
- being the nominal classifier not present […]

Boa sorte!



Elenice Brasseland
Local time: 10:43
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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