This article evaluates and discusses cases of truncation in Brazilian Portuguese (BP). A general evaluation of truncated forms in BP is presented within traditional grammatical approaches, and we also consider some proposals presented in manuals of morphology. Finally, we consider some articles that focus on theoretical issues related to truncation. In order to have a better understanding of truncation in BP we organized an experiment to evaluate over a hundred truncated forms. Results from our experiment indicate that truncated forms tend to follow general patterns, although such patterns are not categorical. We also distinguish truncated forms from cases of reduction of lexical items. Our results offer insights for future analyses on truncation and reduced forms in BP and may also contribute to the discussion of the interaction between phonology and morphology.
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