Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
estando a raiz do sintagma nominal sujeito
English translation:
in which the root of the noun syntagma is the subject
Portuguese term
estando a raiz do sintagma nominal sujeito
Apr 26, 2014 16:09: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Proposed translations
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
in which the root of the noun syntagma is the subject
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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.
Brazil
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whereas the nominal classifier is absent in the subject as a nominal syntagma
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: I don't understand what you're trying to say here. BTW, we don't say 'nominal syntagma'; it's 'noun syntagma'.
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Correct. "Noun syntagma".
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Brazil
Brazilian lawyer - 40+ years in Brazil
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with the root of the subject noun/nominal phrase
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.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: I think you're missing the point. The noun syntagma is serving as the subject.
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I think you may be right! It's a pity Example (1) wasn't included in the context.
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and the root of the nominal syntagma subject is
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 […]
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