Hardback: ISBN: 0521801265 Pages: 300 Price: U.S. $ 75.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0521805155 Pages: 300 Price: U.S. $ 27.99
Abstract:
This accessible introduction to the linguistic structure of Portuguese
looks at its social and historical background. In addition to covering the
central topics of syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics and pragmatics,
it explores the development of the language, the spread of Portuguese in
the world, and sociolinguistic issues such as dialect variation and
language planning. Keeping linguistic theory to a minimum, the book focuses
on presenting linguistic facts within a useful global survey of the
language and its issues.
1. Portuguese in the world
2. The sounds of Portuguese
3. Words
4. Sentences
5. Portuguese in time
6. The expansion of European Portuguese
7. Brazilian Portuguese
8. Sociolinguistic issues
Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
Language Description
Sociolinguistics
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