Directionality in Linguistic Change and Acquisition.

Gomes, Christina Abreu

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ERIC Number: EJ597398

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Publication Date: 1999

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Directionality in Linguistic Change and Acquisition.

Gomes, Christina Abreu

Language Variation and Change, v11 n2 p213-30 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, Language Patterns, Language Variation, Portuguese, Prepositions

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Brazil

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