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Peer reviewedGomes, Christina Abreu – Language Variation and Change, 1999
Focuses on the directionality observed in the processes of change and acquisition of the prepositions that replaced Latin cases in the speech of Rio de Janeiro and in the contact Portuguese spoken by Brazilian Indians in the region of Xingu. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Peer reviewedNaro, Anthony; Gorski, Edair; Fernandes, Eulalia – Language Variation and Change, 1999
Discusses a shift in the distribution of first person plural pronouns, as well as changes in the patterns of use of the corresponding verb inflections, in spoken Brazilian Portuguese across four generations of speakers from Rio de Janeiro. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Usage
Peer reviewedde Olveira e Silva, Giselle M.; de Macedo, Alzira Tavares – Language Variation and Change, 1992
A study analyzed four major classes of discourse marker in Brazilian Portuguese: "ne" and other requests for feedback; "ai," a sequential connector; "ah, bom," and other turn initiators; and "assim," a marker of explanation. Distribution in various discourse functions and sociodemographic conditioning, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English
