| Romance Linguistics: The Portuguese Context Contributor(s): Koike, Dale (Author), Macedo, Donaldo P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0897892976 ISBN-13: 9780897892971 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 869.5 |
| LCCN: 92019868 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.69 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although over 100 million people on various continents use Portuguese as their major language, the academic community in the United States has almost totally neglected the study of Portuguese linguistics. Romance Linguistics links the formal linguistic study of Portuguese with the social contaxt in which language is used. These studies, which cover a wide range of topics, including phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, and discourse, comprise some of the best recent work on Portuguese. Many of the chapters challenge parts of widely recognized theoretical models of language, such as Chomsky's, while others support existing theories or linguistic concepts. |