Abstract This paper examines the semantic and morphosyntactic complementation patterns of perception verbs in Brazilian Portuguese. Using the framework of Functional Discourse Grammar, five semantic complement types are identified. It is subsequently shown that these five types are in an implicational relationship, such that the set of semantic complement types that a certain perception verb in Brazilian Portuguese may take occupies a contiguous segment on a hierarchy of semantic complement types. The morphosyntactic complements of perception verbs in Brazilian Portuguese include noun phrases, finite, and non-finite clauses, the latter comprising progressive1 and infinitival forms. The second part of the study shows that the choice for one of these types can to a high extent be predicted from the semantics of the complements, using the same hierarchy of semantic complement types.

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巴西葡萄牙语中的感知动词：一种功能方法

摘要本文研究了巴西葡萄牙语中感知动词的语义和形态句法互补模式。使用功能性话语语法框架，可以识别出五种语义补语类型。随后显示这五种类型具有隐含关系，因此巴西葡萄牙语中的某个感知动词可能采用的语义补语类型集在语义补语类型层次结构上占据连续的部分。巴西葡萄牙语中感知动词的形态句法补语包括名词短语，有限和非有限从句，后者包括渐进式和不定式形式。研究的第二部分表明，可以根据补语的语义在很大程度上预测对这些类型之一的选择，