Verbo-suporte escondido “com rabo de fora”

Support verbs are grammatical elements that primarily serve to 'conjugate' predicative nouns. Reduction (zeroing or ellipsis) of these verbs is a highly common phenomenon in texts. In the process of developing a Lexicon–Grammar for support verb constructions with predicative nouns in Portuguese, it becomes crucial to establish precise definitions for verb-noun combinations in which the verb functions as a support verb. This differentiation is necessary, even when the constructions appear formally identical, to adequately represent the meaning of linguistic expressions. This study revisits some of these scenarios and aims to contribute to establishing formal criteria that facilitate this distinction.