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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521805155

ISBN-139780521805155

eBay Product ID (ePID)30202727

Product Key Features

Number of Pages356 Pages

Publication NamePortuguese : a Linguistic Introduction

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

SubjectPortuguese, Linguistics / Semantics

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorMilton M. Azevedo

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2004-049687

Reviews'An especially strong point for this work as an introductory linguistics text is its clarity and comprehensibility, achieved without 'talking down' to the beginner or excluding more advanced students.' Hispania

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal469

Table Of Content1. Portuguese in the world; 2. The sounds of Portuguese; 3. Words; 4. Sentences; 5. Portuguese in time; 6. The expansion of European Portuguese; 7. Brazilian Portuguese; 8. Sociolinguistic issues.

SynopsisThis accessible book provides a comprehensive introduction to the linguistic structure of Portuguese, designed to help intermediate and advanced students of Portuguese understand how the language functions at all levels. Assuming little prior knowledge of linguistic terminology, it provides a useful global overview of Portuguese and its surrounding issues., This accessible introduction to the linguistic structure of Portuguese looks at its social and historical background. In addition to covering the central topics of syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics and pragmatics, it explores the development of the language, the spread of Portuguese in the world, and sociolinguistic issues such as dialect variation and language planning. Keeping linguistic theory to a minimum, the book focuses on presenting linguistic facts within a useful global survey of the language and its issues., This accessible book provides a comprehensive introduction to the linguistic structure of Portuguese. Clearly organised, it covers the central topics of syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics and pragmatics, and explores the social and historical background of Portuguese, its development and spread in the world, and related sociolinguistic issues such as dialect variation and language planning. It also includes a chapter on Portuguese in Brazil, where approximately 80% of Portuguese speakers live. Assuming very little prior knowledge of linguistic terminology, Portuguese: A Linguistic Introduction is designed to help intermediate and advanced students of Portuguese understand how the language functions at all levels, and to give students of linguistics a useful starting point for work on the structure of Portuguese. Keeping linguistic theory to a minimum, it focuses on presenting the linguistic facts in a clear and lucid way, providing a useful global overview of the Portuguese language and its surrounding issues.

LC Classification NumberPC5043.A94 2004