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Globalising Sociolinguistics
This book challenges the predominance of mainstream sociolinguistic theories by focusing on lesser known sociolinguistic systems, from regions of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, South America, the European Mediterranean, and Slavic regions as well as specific speech communities such as those speaking Nivkh, Jamaican Creole, North Saami, and Central Yup’ik. In nineteen chapters, the specialist authors look at key sociolinguistic aspects of each region or speech community, such as gender, politeness strategies, speech patterns and the effects of social hierarchy on language, concentrating on the differences from mainstream models. The volume, introduced by Miriam Meyerhoff, has been written by ...
Wh-exclamatives, Imperatives and Wh-questions
Research on left periphery phenomena has increased in the last 20 years, resulting in consistent studies from a wide range of languages and a fruitful debate on the functional projections within the CP system. Throughout these years, important contributions have been made on Brazilian Portuguese, especially on wh-interrogative sentences, focalization, topicalization and relative clauses. As for exclamative and imperative sentences, however, there is a considerable research gap in all grammatical levels. Regarding interrogatives, semantic and prosodic studies are still lacking (as well as research on the acquisition and processing of these constructions). This collected volume fills some of those gaps, gathering studies on wh-exclamatives, imperatives and wh-questions in Brazilian Portuguese which approach syntactical, semantical and prosodic aspects of these constructions through a rich and unregistered set of data. They also deliver novel acquisition and diachronic data that will further both the comprehension of Brazilian Portuguese grammar and the ongoing discussions on left periphery phenomena.
The Routledge Handbook of Portuguese Phonology
The Routledge Handbook of Portuguese Phonology provides an up-to-date description of the Portuguese phonological system, including a thorough account of the fundamental concepts, data, and previous explanations, as well as the status quaestionis, directions for future research, and further reading. Divided into five parts with contributions from leading international scholars and rising stars, the book’s 23 chapters provide a thorough account of the Portuguese sound system and a range of perspectives on Portuguese phonology. This is the most comprehensive volume on Portuguese phonology written in English, and it delves into the most pressing issues and challenges regarding a wide variety of topics, such as segmental and suprasegmental phenomena; aspects concerning the interfaces between phonology and other linguistic domains; and issues on synchronic variation, diachronic change, acquisition, and the teaching of Portuguese speech prosody to non-native learners. This in-depth resource will be invaluable for researchers and advanced students of Portuguese language and linguistics, as well as those interested in phonology and linguistics more broadly.
Manual of Brazilian Portuguese Linguistics
This manual is the first comprehensive account of Brazilian Portuguese linguistics written in English, offering not only linguists but also historians and social scientists new insights gained from the intensive research carried out over the last decades on the linguistic reality of this vast territory. In the 20 overview chapters, internationally renowned experts give detailed yet concise information on a wide range of language-internal as well as external synchronic and diachronic topics. Most of this information is the fruit of large-scale language documentation and description projects, such as the project on the linguistic norm of educated speakers (NURC), the project “Grammar of spok...
A Framework for Critical Transnational Research
By foregrounding successful transnational research projects conducted across Latin America and Europe, this edited collection contests epistemological hegemony and heterogeneity in the academy and highlights feasible models for research cooperation across diverse languages, cultures, and epistemologies. Chapters focus on the practical and theoretical tenets of responsible intra-national research and propose the "Glocacademia" framework as a means of enhancing critical reflection on issues that can inhibit plurilingual, intercultural, and inter-epistemic research. The text offers key recommendations to support institutions and researchers to develop intercultural awareness, multi-level citizenship, and a readiness to embrace diverse knowledge ecologies. The book builds on existing discussions on multiculturalism, interculturality, and transculturality to offer high academic value to the discussion of higher education and research. Offering important contributions to the study of global academic research, this volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers with an interest in international and comparative education, as well as multicultural studies in education research.
La lengua portuguesa: Vol. II
Hace un año se celebraba en la Facultad de Filología de la Universidad de Salamanca, el Congreso La Lengua Portuguesa, bajo los auspicios del Centro de Estudios Brasileños, promotor de esta justificada y necesaria iniciativa en el contexto hispánico. Estos volúmenes se publican, bajo la denominación genérica de La Lengua Portuguesa las más de ciento cincuenta conferencias y comunicaciones de este magno Congreso. En torno a dos grandes bloques, Lengua y Literatura, en los que hemos aglutinado todas las intervenciones, se articulan diversos ejes fundamentales, también semánticamente muy ricos, encuadrados todos ellos bajo el concepto de lengua y cultura de expresión portuguesa: meto...
Atlas Linguístico do Brasil
A aprendizagem com o dia a dia na construção de um projeto dessa dimensão e dessa natureza tem amplitude inimaginável, porque atinge dois importantes veios da atividade do pesquisador: o linguístico stricto sensu e o humano, cujos tentáculos avançam em muitas direções. [...] Pode parecer um longo tempo para o andamento de um projeto [...]. Temos, porém, que considerar o que recobre esse período [...]. Há de se perguntar, como administrar? Eis a questão. Uma primeira preocupação: o tempo que demanda um longo acervo para ser tratado não envelhecerá os dados, não haverá de tirar-lhes a atualidade? Posso afirmar que não. A documentação reunida é uma fotografia de um dado e...
Atlas Linguístico do Brasil
Com dois volumes – Volume 1 – Introdução e Volume 2 – Cartas linguísticas 1 -, dá-se início à publicação do Atlas linguístico do Brasil, cumprindo-se, assim, o compromisso firmado, em 1996, por ocasião do Simpósio Caminhos e Perspectivas para a Geolinguística no Brasil (Salvador, Universidade Federal da Bahia, novembro, 1996), e atendendo a desejo, de há muito manifesto, de que venha o nosso país a ter o seu atlas linguístico nacional, no tocante à língua portuguesa. Relata-se, no Volume 1, parte significativa da história da construção do Atlas linguístico do Brasil, apresenta-se a metodologia seguida, com destaque para a rede de pontos, os questionários e os informantes, a que se junta a informação sobre a cartografia dos dados. O Volume 2, que segue, traz resultados das 25 capitais brasileiras objeto da pesquisa – Palmas e Brasília, por razões metodológicas, não foram incluídas -, espelhados em mapas linguísticos com dados fonéticos, morfossintáticos e semântico-lexicais que exibem a realidade estudada.
