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nominal group in Portuguese; 'forma da cabeça' might be the
expected translation into Portuguese, where 'da.cabeça' may be
considered a rankshifted group operating at (q), and the
representation would be [q ] , and. 'forma' would be the exponent
of h in
Portuguese.
Some other students were aware that an insertion
might be made but they did not succeed in doing it properly.
For instance, the translation
of:
English nominal groups Portuguese translation by students
3. TEACHING LAW 3. 'ensi no de leis' (by 4 students)
m h h *j
4. SKIN COLOUR 4. 1 pele de cor' (by 3 students) .
m h h [q ]
Within these two broad types of errors, wbt and i rg, we
classified fourteen types of errors which were made along
have
with
the wbt and i rg ones. This detailed classification 36 ' was based
on the results in Portuguese. Here are some examples of the
fourteen types according to the rendered equivalents in
Portuguese:
I - Error of sequence and non-recognition of 's structure:
THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY'S
RESPONSIBILITIES
'as públicas autoridades responsáveis'
II - Error of sequence in 's structure:
THE COUNTRY'S
'os países dos
UNIVERSITIES
universitários'
III - Error of sequence, lexis and non-recognition of 's
structure
PLANCK'S UNIVERSAL
CONSTANT
'tábua universal
constante'