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Van Lier, Henri – Francais dans le Monde, 1990
Relates characteristics of the Portuguese language to cultural traits of the Portuguese people, focusing on Portuguese history, art, and outlook. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cultural Traits, Language Patterns, Portuguese, Second Language Instruction
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 reviewedParks, Roger L.; Vigil, Neddy – Hispania, 1992
A context-based framework for teaching the history of Portuguese is presented. It incorporates passages from a medieval Galician-Portuguese work to illustrate diachronic linguistic processes in the evolution of the language. Advantages of the approach, prerequisites, text, and syllabus are described, and a sample analysis is provided. (53…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, European History, Higher Education, Language Patterns
Yavas, Mehmet – IRAL, 1997
Examines the effects of vowel height and place of articulation in interlanguage devoicing patterns of final voiced stop consonants (b, d, g) in words such as "cab,""bad,""bag" in the acquisition of English as a foreign language by Mandarin, Japanese, and Portuguese speakers. Results display a combinatory effect of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), College Students, Consonants, English (Second Language)
Download full textClankie, Shawn M. – Language and Culture Studies Series, 2000
This paper considers how multilingualism is approached in both Japan and the United States by considering the position and roles of the government, schools, and public. There exists the perception in countries where monolingualism is considered the norm that bilingualism, and certainly multilingualism, are problematic. Multilingualism in a…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Chinese, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
