RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Hengeveld, Kees A1 Braga, Maria Luiza A1 de Melo Barbosa, Elisiene A1 Silveira Coriolano, Jaqueline A1 Jezuino da Costa, Juliana A1 de Souza Martins, Mariana A1 Leite de Oliveira, Diego A1 Maciel de Oliveira, Vinicius A1 Gomes Pereira, Luana A1 Santana, Liliane A1 Luiz do Carmo Santos, Cassiano A1 dos Ramos Soares, Viviane YR 2012 T1 Semantic categories in the indigenous languages of Brazil JF Functions of Language VO 19 IS 1 SP 38 OP 57 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/fol.19.1.02hen PB John Benjamins SN 0929-998X, AB This article investigates which semantic categories, as defined in Functional Discourse Grammar, formally manifest themselves in a sample of native languages of Brazil, and the extent to which the distribution of these manifestations across categories can be described systematically in terms of implicational hierarchies. The areas subjected to investigation are basic interrogative words, basic demonstrative words, and nominalization strategies., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/fol.19.1.02hen