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Peer reviewedScherre, Maria Marta Pereira; Naro, Anthony J. – Language Variation and Change, 1992
A study of concord phenomena in Rio de Janeiro spoken Portuguese found that, in the serial context, the linguistic system is so highly constrained that external, and even internal, influences are blocked. Authors conclude that strong constraints should be identified and further studies undertaken to understand the interplay of the diverse forces…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Language Variation, Portuguese
Peer reviewedTarallo, Fernando; Kato, Mary A. – Language Variation and Change, 1993
Results are presented on the grammar of spoken Brazilian Portuguese, with focus on the syntactic boundaries of the main constituents of an utterance. Major differences are found both in the distribution of filling by syntactic adjuncts versus discourse elements and in the susceptibility of different syntactic boundaries to be filled. (Contains 33…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Demography, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
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 reviewedParedes Silva, Vera Lucia – Language Variation and Change, 1993
Evidence from a sample of informal written language (personal correspondence) shows that the most important constraints on pronoun usage in subject position are discourse-based. The quantitative analysis supports the hypothesis that pronoun usage is "functional" since semantically relevant information is preserved in surface structure.…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Letters (Correspondence)
