Abstract
This article investigates the internal structure of genitive arguments of a name in the noun phrase of Brazilian Portuguese. It is argued that these arguments are arranged in the following hierarchical structure: [[[name THEME]AGENT/EXPERIENCER]POSSESSIVE]. The theoretical background of the discussion is the Principles and Parameters theory (cf. Chomsky, 1981, 1986a, 1986b).References
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