Author : Patrícia Amaral
Release : 2024-09-09
Genre : Education
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 627/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Investigating Language Variation and Change in Portuguese by : Patrícia Amaral
Download or read book Investigating Language Variation and Change in Portuguese written by Patrícia Amaral. This book was released on 2024-09-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Special Issue brings together 12 articles featuring state-of-the-art research on language variation and change in Portuguese. The data derive from multiple corpora of Portuguese, representing different regional and historical varieties: (contemporary) Angolan, Brazilian, European, Mozambican, Santomean, and Uruguayan Portuguese, as well as Medieval and Classical Portuguese. This Special Issue brings to the forefront analyses of understudied phenomena in Portuguese and discusses the contributions of the findings to current debates in theoretical linguistics.