Studies On Variation In Portuguese

Download Studies On Variation In Portuguese full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Studies On Variation In Portuguese ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Studies on Variation in Portuguese

Author : Pilar Barbosa
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027265143
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Studies on Variation in Portuguese by : Pilar Barbosa

Download or read book Studies on Variation in Portuguese written by Pilar Barbosa and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies on Variation in Portuguese offers a collection of studies on a range of variable phenomena attested within and across varieties of Portuguese. The volume starts out with an overview of current issues in the study of intralinguistic variation and is divided in two parts. Part 1 is dedicated to research on variation within national varieties (Brazilian and European). Here, a multidimensional analysis that combines both the geographic and the social dimensions of variation emerges as a way to identify possible regional specificities and the directionality of some of the variants. Part 2 collects studies that compare the behavior of a particular linguistic variable across different varieties. The variable phenomena discussed concern several levels of grammar and are framed within different conceptions of variation, thus promoting confrontation of theoretical and methodological alternatives. Overall, the volume constitutes a significant contribution to the essential question of how to model variation at different levels.

The Morphosyntax of Portuguese and Spanish in Latin America

Author : Mary A. Kato
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190465905
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Morphosyntax of Portuguese and Spanish in Latin America by : Mary A. Kato

Download or read book The Morphosyntax of Portuguese and Spanish in Latin America written by Mary A. Kato and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent trends in syntax and morphology have shown the great importance of doing research on variation in closely related languages. This book centers on the study of the morphology and syntax of the two major Romance Languages spoken in Latin America from this perspective. The works presented here either compare Brazilian Portuguese with European Portuguese or compare Latin American Spanish and Peninsular Spanish, or simply compare Portuguese and its varieties with Spanish and its varieties. The chapters advance on a great variety of theoretical questions related to coordination, clitics , hyper-raising, infinitives, null objects, null subjects, hyper-raising, passives, quantifiers, pseudo-clefts, questions and distributed morphology. Finally, this book provides new empirical findings and enriches the descriptions made about Portuguese and Spanish Spoken in the Americas by providing new generalizations, new data and new statistical evidence that help better understand the nature of such variation. The studies contained in this book show a vast array of new phenomena in these young varieties, offering empirical and theoretical windows to language variation and change.

The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics

Author : W. Leo Wetzels
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119096766
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics by : W. Leo Wetzels

Download or read book The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics written by W. Leo Wetzels and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics presents a comprehensive overview of research within the Brazilian and European variants of the Portuguese language. It includes chapters focusing on the key areas of linguistic study, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, linguistic change, language variation and contact, and acquisition. Essential reference work for scholars of Portuguese linguistics and Romance languages Chapters written by an international team of research specialists highlight both the consensus and the controversies within the various subfields of Portuguese linguistics Examines Portuguese linguistics in relation to syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics/pragmatics, acquisition, and sociolinguistics Written in an accessible overview style and designed for advanced students and current scholars in the field alike Essential reference work for scholars of Portuguese linguistics and Romance languages

Portuguese Syntax

Author : Joao Costa
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195352211
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Portuguese Syntax by : Joao Costa

Download or read book Portuguese Syntax written by Joao Costa and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-10-12 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of previously unpublished articles focusing on the following aspects of Portuguese syntax: clause structure, clitic placement, word order variation, pronominal system, verb movement, quantification, and distribution of particles. The articles are written within the principles and parameters framework and contrast Portuguese with other Romance languages.

Prosodic Interfaces

Author : Miguel de Oliveira Jr.
Publisher : de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783111059907
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (599 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Prosodic Interfaces by : Miguel de Oliveira Jr.

Download or read book Prosodic Interfaces written by Miguel de Oliveira Jr. and published by de Gruyter. This book was released on 2024-03-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Language Variation and Language Change Across the Lifespan

Author : Karen V. Beaman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429641699
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Language Variation and Language Change Across the Lifespan by : Karen V. Beaman

Download or read book Language Variation and Language Change Across the Lifespan written by Karen V. Beaman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together research on panel studies with the aim of providing a coherent empirical and theoretical knowledge-base for examining the impact of maturation and lifespan-specific effects on linguistic malleability in the post-adolescent speaker. Building on the work of Wagner and Buchstaller (2018), the present collection offers a critical examination of the theoretical implications of panel research across a range of geographic regions and time periods. The volume seeks to offer a way forward in the debates circling about the phenomenon of later-life language change, drawing on contributions from a variety of linguistic disciplines to examine critical topics such as the effect of linguistic architecture, the roles of mobility and identity construction, and the impact of frequency effects. Taken together, this edited collection both informs and pushes forward key questions on the nature of lifespan change, making this key reading for students and researchers in cognitive linguistics, historical linguistics, dialectology, and variationist sociolinguistics.

Prosodic Variation (with)in Languages

Author : Marisa Cruz
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781800501478
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (14 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Prosodic Variation (with)in Languages by : Marisa Cruz

Download or read book Prosodic Variation (with)in Languages written by Marisa Cruz and published by Equinox Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on research on prosodic variation, comprising intonation, prosodic phrasing, and segmental phenomena that are prosodically motivated or constrained, in several languages and language varieties. Besides Portuguese (European, Brazilian, and African varieties), the book covers another three unrelated languages and their varieties: Romanian, Arabic, and Assamese (spoken in India and Bangladesh). Language coverage is thus diverse, including understudied languages/varieties. The approaches followed are both experimental and theoretical. All the chapters share a common goal: to add to the knowledge of prosodic variation in each of the languages and varieties studied, and to contribute to the understanding of prosodic grammar, in general.

Variation in Ibero-Romance

Author : Fernanda Lima Pires Ferreira
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Variation in Ibero-Romance by : Fernanda Lima Pires Ferreira

Download or read book Variation in Ibero-Romance written by Fernanda Lima Pires Ferreira and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics

Author : W. Leo Wetzels
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118791851
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics by : W. Leo Wetzels

Download or read book The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics written by W. Leo Wetzels and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics presents a comprehensive overview of research within the Brazilian and European variants of the Portuguese language. It includes chapters focusing on the key areas of linguistic study, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, linguistic change, language variation and contact, and acquisition. Essential reference work for scholars of Portuguese linguistics and Romance languages Chapters written by an international team of research specialists highlight both the consensus and the controversies within the various subfields of Portuguese linguistics Examines Portuguese linguistics in relation to syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics/pragmatics, acquisition, and sociolinguistics Written in an accessible overview style and designed for advanced students and current scholars in the field alike Essential reference work for scholars of Portuguese linguistics and Romance languages

Subject Positions and Interfaces

Author : João Costa
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110197391
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Subject Positions and Interfaces by : João Costa

Download or read book Subject Positions and Interfaces written by João Costa and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-08-22 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European Portuguese, like other Romance languages, display a great amount of word order variation. Out of the six logically possible permutations between Subject, Verb and Complement in a transitive sentence, five are possible: SVO, VSO, VOS, OVS and OSV. The primary goal of this book is to provide an analysis of the several positions where the subject may surface in European Portuguese. Departing from an architecture of the clause as sketched in early minimalist work, containing two subject-related functional categories above VP (AgrP and TP), it is shown that the subject may surface in all potential landing sites: Spec,AgrP, Spec,TP and Spec,VP. Moreover, just like any other argument of the clause, it is claimed that subjects also have the possibility of surfacing in a left-dislocated position, arguably adjoining to the clause's left periphery. It is shown that there is no free variation. Each of these positions may be occupied by the subject, only if two requirements are met: i) The position is made available by syntax; ii) The position does not violate any interface condition. In other words, the following model is argued for: syntax generates legitimate outputs. At the interface levels, each output may be selected or filtred out, according to requirements of the interface. The picture emerging from the proposal made in this book is the following: syntax proper does not need to refer to conditions best placed at the interface. All that is needed from syntax is that it generates an array of well-formed outputs. Such outputs may be evaluated a posteriori by each of the interfaces. If they meet requirements of the interface, they are selected as legitimate. If, on the contrary, some interface condition is violated, they are ruled out. Under this approach, three in-dependent results are derived: i) an explanation is found for the patterns of word order variation; ii) syntax proper may be reduced to its own tools, not having to manipulate semantic, discourse or prosodic variables; iii) the intuition that European Portuguese is an SVO language is derived: this word order corresponds to the one in which the subject occupies the only specifier position in which the other interfaces play no role.

Linguistic Approaches to Portuguese as an Additional Language

Author : Karina Veronica Molsing
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027261504
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Linguistic Approaches to Portuguese as an Additional Language by : Karina Veronica Molsing

Download or read book Linguistic Approaches to Portuguese as an Additional Language written by Karina Veronica Molsing and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes a selection of theoretical and practical accounts of the acquisition of Portuguese from a broad range of linguistic perspectives. This collection is particularly appealing in the broad academic sphere of language acquisition due to the fact that there has yet to be one entirely dedicated to Portuguese as an Additional Language (PAL). This volume showcases the breadth of research being carried out on topics ranging from the acquisition of aspects from the main language modules (syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics) to applied perspectives involving corpus-based approaches and experimental methodologies. Moreover, we present studies addressing a variety of learning contexts and learner types. The target audience includes researching scholars with a background in second language acquisition studies interested in learning more about the acquisition of Portuguese as an Additional Language from linguistic perspectives.

Language Variation - European Perspectives VII

Author : Juan-Andrés Villena-Ponsoda
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027262071
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Language Variation - European Perspectives VII by : Juan-Andrés Villena-Ponsoda

Download or read book Language Variation - European Perspectives VII written by Juan-Andrés Villena-Ponsoda and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains a selection from papers presented at the 9th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 9), which was held at the University of Malaga (Spain), from June 6 to 9, 2017. The volume includes plenaries by Manuel Almeida (“Language hybridism: On the origin of interdialectal forms”) and Frans Hinskens (“Of clocks, clouds and sound change”). In addition, the editors have selected 13 papers encompassing different languages and language varieties — not only from large language families, such as Romance and Germanic, but also small language families, like Greek, or smaller languages, like Croatian — and covering a large range of topics on sociolinguistics and linguistic variation. The book displays a contemporary picture of the research currently being conducted on language variation and change in European languages. Readers interested in every field related to language and language use will enjoy a wide variety of theoretical frameworks and methodological perspectives on speech variation, historical sociolinguistics and foreign language acquisition and learning.

The Portuguese Language Continuum in Africa and Brazil

Author : Laura Álvarez López
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027263183
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Portuguese Language Continuum in Africa and Brazil by : Laura Álvarez López

Download or read book The Portuguese Language Continuum in Africa and Brazil written by Laura Álvarez López and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Portuguese Language Continuum in Africa and Brazil is the first publication in English to offer studies on a whole set of varieties of Portuguese in Africa as well as Brazilian Portuguese. Authored by specialists on varieties of Portuguese in Africa and Brazil, the eleven chapters and the epilogue promote a dialogue between researchers interested in their genesis, sociohistories and linguistic properties. Most chapters directly address the idea of a continuum of Portuguese derived from parallel sociohistorical and linguistic factors in Africa and Brazil, due to the colonial expansion of the language to new multilingual settings. The volume contributes to the understanding of structural properties that are often shared by several varieties in this continuum, and describes the various situations and domains of language use as well as sociocultural contexts where they have emerged and where they are being used. As of 26 July 2021, the ebook edition is Open Access under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

Language Variation and Contact-Induced Change

Author : Jeremy King
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027264554
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Language Variation and Contact-Induced Change by : Jeremy King

Download or read book Language Variation and Contact-Induced Change written by Jeremy King and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of original contributions dealing with Hispanic contact linguistics covers an array of Spanish dialects distributed across North, South, and Central America, the Caribbean, the Iberian Peninsula, and the Bosporus. It deals with both native and non-native varieties of the language, and includes both synchronic and diachronic studies. The volume addresses, and challenges, current theoretical assumptions on the nature of language variation and contact-induced change through empirically-based linguistic research. The sustained contact between Spanish and other languages in different parts of the world has given rise to a wide number of changes in the language, which are driven by a concomitance of different linguistic and social processes. This collection of articles provides new insight into such phenomena across the Spanish-speaking world.

Research Methods in Language Variation and Change

Author : Manfred Krug
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107469848
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Research Methods in Language Variation and Change by : Manfred Krug

Download or read book Research Methods in Language Variation and Change written by Manfred Krug and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Methodological know-how has become one of the key qualifications in contemporary linguistics, which has a strong empirical focus. Containing 23 chapters, each devoted to a different research method, this volume brings together the expertise and insight of a range of established practitioners. The chapters are arranged in three parts, devoted to three different stages of empirical research: data collection, analysis and evaluation. In addition to detailed step-by-step introductions and illustrative case studies focusing on variation and change in English, each chapter addresses the strengths and weaknesses of the methodology and concludes with suggestions for further reading. This systematic, state-of-the-art survey is ideal for both novice researchers and professionals interested in extending their methodological repertoires. The book also has a companion website which provides readers with further information, links, resources, demonstrations, exercises and case studies related to each chapter.

Manual of Brazilian Portuguese Linguistics

Author : Johannes Kabatek
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110405954
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Manual of Brazilian Portuguese Linguistics by : Johannes Kabatek

Download or read book Manual of Brazilian Portuguese Linguistics written by Johannes Kabatek and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual is the first comprehensive account of Brazilian Portuguese linguistics written in English, offering not only linguists but also historians and social scientists new insights gained from the intensive research carried out over the last decades on the linguistic reality of this vast territory. In the 20 overview chapters, internationally renowned experts give detailed yet concise information on a wide range of language-internal as well as external synchronic and diachronic topics. Most of this information is the fruit of large-scale language documentation and description projects, such as the project on the linguistic norm of educated speakers (NURC), the project “Grammar of spoken Portuguese”, and the project “Towards a History of Brazilian Portuguese” (PHPB), among others. Further chapters of high contemporary interest and relevance include the study of linguistic policies and psycholinguistics. The manual offers theoretical insights of general interest, not least since many chapters present the linguistic data in the light of a combination of formal, functional, generative and sociolinguistic approaches. This rather unique feature of the volume is achieved by the double authorship of some of the relevant chapters, thus bringing together and synthesizing different perspectives.

Variation in Language: System- and Usage-based Approaches

Author : Aria Adli
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110384574
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Variation in Language: System- and Usage-based Approaches by : Aria Adli

Download or read book Variation in Language: System- and Usage-based Approaches written by Aria Adli and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where is the locus of language variation? In the grammar, outside the grammar or somewhere in between? Taking up the debate between system- and usage-based approaches, this volume provides new discussions of fundamental issues of language variation. It includes several highly insightful theoretical contributions as well as innovative empirical studies considering different types of data, the role of priming in language change and rare phenomena.