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Direct linkEngel de Abreu, Pascale M. J.; Baldassi, Martine; Puglisi, Marina L.; Befi-Lopes, Debora M. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: In this study, the authors explored the impact of test language and cultural status on vocabulary and working memory performance in multilingual language-minority children. Method: Twenty 7-year-old Portuguese-speaking immigrant children living in Luxembourg completed several assessments of first (L1)- and second-language (L2) vocabulary…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cross Cultural Studies, Verbal Ability, Short Term Memory
Rajagopalan, Kanavillil – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
The history of language planning in Brazil, the only Portuguese speaking country in South America, is shown to have been decisively influenced at every critical moment by prevailing geopolitical interests. Sharing borders with nine out of the 11 countries that, together with it, make up the continent, Brazil has always been attentive to perceived…
Descriptors: Language Planning, National Security, Diachronic Linguistics, Official Languages
Download full textMegenney, William W. – 1991
Determination of the authenticity of lexical items with Sub-Saharan origin in the voodoo rites of candomble and umbanda in Brazil requires establishing a socio-historical basis for the African diaspora and the current configuration of terreiros. The terreiros demonstrate varying linguistic repertoires according to their affiliation with candomble…
Descriptors: Bantu Languages, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Typology
Peer reviewedThonus, Terese – World Englishes, 1991
A study of 47,542 telephone directory listings of business names in Brazil to document the extent of Englishization in Brazilian Portuguese indicated that business names, rather than being linked to an international variety of commercial English, may be viewed as a form of function interlanguage identifying the referent as trendy or unique. (28…
Descriptors: Business Communication, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Industry
Rajagopalan, Kanavillil – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2004
The objective of this paper is to make a case for the claim that exclusive focus on the rational has only helped isolate linguists and prevented them from having a say on important political issues relating to language. One important feature of the ordinary person's view of and involvement with language is that emotions play an important role in…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Political Issues, Foreign Countries, Role
Caouette, Claudine, Ed.; Larrivee, Pierre, Ed. – 1997
English translations of articles in French in this issue include these: "Discourse Reported in the Print Media"; "Comparison of Register in Quebec and French Speakers"; "Method of Description of Specialized Verbs in View of Machine Translation Applications"; "Dialectal Areas in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Biblical Literature, Braille, Contrastive Linguistics
