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On the Use of "Por" Plus Agent with "Se" Construction
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De Mello, George – Hispania, 1978
Two explanations for the role of "se" in such constructions as "Se construyen casas" are given by grammarians; one states that it is a passive interpretation ("Houses are built"), the other advocates an impersonal interpretation ("One builds houses"). Different views are presented and analyzed. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Sentence Structure
The Dual Function of "usted:" Forms of Address in Bogota, Colombia.
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Uber, Diane Ringer – Hispania, 1985
Shows that "usted" has two functions: showing lack of solidarity and showing extreme solidarity, with "tu" falling somewhere in between on the continuum. Discusses the increasing use of "tu," especially among younger people, and presents some possible reasons for this. (SED)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Styles, Language Variation
Some Examples of Pronominal Confusion in Modern Peninsular Portuguese
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Preto-Rodas, Richard A. – Hispania, 1972
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Linguistics
Some Cases of Divided Usage in Spoken Brazilian Portuguese
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De Matos, F. Gomes – Hispania, 1969
Descriptors: Check Lists, Grammar, Language Patterns, Portuguese
Diferencas Lexicais Luso-Brasileiras (Lexical Differences Between Portuguese and Braziliam Portuguese)
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Zamarin, Laura M. – Hispania, 1969
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Lexicology, Portuguese
Algunos apuntes sobre el lexico de Cundinamarca (Some Notes on Cundinamarca Vocabulary)
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Doerr, Richard P. – Hispania, 1969
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Language Patterns, Lexicology, Regional Dialects
"Acaso,""Quiza(s),""Tal Vaz": Free Variants?
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Woehr, Richard – Hispania, 1972
Discusses the various ways to use the adverbs meaning perhaps" in Spanish. (DS)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Grammar, Hispanic American Literature, Language Instruction
Dialect Zones and Automatic Dialect Identification in Latin American Spanish
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Reznick, Melvyn C. – Hispania, 1969
Descriptors: Language Patterns, North American English, Phonemes, Phonetics
Vernacular Features in Educated Speech in Brazilian Portuguese.
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Azevedo, Milton M. – Hispania, 1989
Reviews some features of the vernacular variety of Brazilian Portuguese that occur in the colloquial speech of educated persons, focusing on pronominal complements, reflexives, verb forms, verb tenses, and noun/modifier agreement. (CB)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Educational Attainment, Language Patterns, Oral Language
Sobre un Cambio Sintactico en el Espanol Canario: del Indicativo al Subjuntivo y Condicional (Concerning a Syntactic Change in the Spanish of the Canary Islands: From the Indicative to the Subjunctive and Conditional).
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Serrano, Maria Jose – Hispania, 1995
Many sociolinguistic studies validate the importance of the relationship among social variables that satisfactorily explain the correlation between linguistic and social phenomena. The intersection of sex, sociocultural level, and age initiates syntactic change that first appears in the vernacular and progresses to the accepted standard. (52…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns