Phrase · 📑 Academic & legal formulas
Parte-se do pressuposto de que a linguagem é uma prática social.
The starting assumption is that language is a social practice.
C2stating assumptionsformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Parte1verbone startspartir · present · 3rd sing.-se1pronoun(one)sedoprepositionof thede + o · masc. · sing. · definitepressupostonounassumptionmasc. · sing.de2prepositionof, fromque2conjunctionthatadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitelinguagemnounlanguagefem. · sing.éverbisser · present · 3rd sing.umadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefinitepráticanounpracticefem. · sing.socialadjectivesocialsing..
- Parte → pressuposto: partir do pressuposto
- pressuposto → que: pressuposto de que
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«parte-se do pressuposto» = the starting assumption is (impersonal). Academic register: nominalisation, impersonality & hedging →
- 2Noun + «de que»: keep the «de» in formal writing. «linguagem» is feminine. Formal regência (normative verb government) →