On the values of “se” in European Portuguese and Portuguese in Angola

Abstract

This research aims, fundamentally, at presenting a theoretical framework on the verbal passive, the passive of se and other values of se in a comparative perspective –European Portuguese and Angolan Portuguese–. It is considered that there are some differences in the structures of se as indeterminate, anaphoric, inherent and decausative subject. For the accomplishment of the study, two forms of research are used (local and remote) in different types of sources: oral, documentary and bibliographical. The method used is the qualitative method.