Date submitted: 2009 04 03 Author(s): Peres, Joao Andrade Keywords: n-words, n-phrases, indefinites, negative concord, neg-incorporation, licensing of n-phrases, cross-sentential licensing, monotonicity, decreasing monotonicity, increasing monotonicity, veridicality, anti-veridicality, declarative verbs, epistemic verbs, Portuguese Title: On the nature and licensing conditions of n-phrases in Portuguese