Spoken by millions of people on four continents, Portuguese remains a lesser studied language. To help improve the linguistic understanding of this pluricentric language, the present volume brings together ten studies about different grammatical phenomena observed in Portuguese varieties – from suffixation to intercalated temporal clauses and non-concatenative verbal inflection, among other topics. Focusing on two main axes – usage and cognition –, these studies draw on the theoretical frameworks of Functional Linguistics and Cognitive Linguistics, but build a cohesive whole insofar as they all offer usage-based language approaches. By presenting an overview of recent research on Portuguese and its varieties, the book paves the way for the inclusion of Portuguese in the set of Neo-Latin languages best known to the general public.
| ISBN: | 9783111005263 |
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| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 264 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Herausgeber: | Abraçado, Jussara Gonçalves, Carlos Alexandre |
| Verlag: | De Gruyter |
| Veröffentlicht: | 27.01.2025 |
| Untertitel: | Usage-based perspectives |
| Schlagworte: | Funktionalismus <Linguistik> Kognitive Linguistik Plurizentrische Sprache Portugiesisch Portuguese language cognitive linguistics functional linguistics pluricentricity |
Jussara Abraçado, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói; Carlos Alexandre Gonçalves, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.