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A Comparative Usage-Based Approach to the Reduction of the Spanish and Portuguese Preposition "Para"
Direct linkGradoville, Michael Stephen – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examines the frequency effect of two-word collocations involving "para" "to," "for" (e.g. "fui para," "para que") on the reduction of "para" to "pa" (in Spanish) and "pra" (in Portuguese). Collocation frequency effects demonstrate that language speakers…
Descriptors: Spanish, Portuguese, Phrase Structure, Memory
Rochet-Capellan, Amelie; Laboissiere, Rafael; Galvan, Arturo; Schwartz, Jean-Luc – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2008
Purpose: This article investigates jaw-finger coordination in a task involving pointing to a target while naming it with a 'CVCV (e.g., /'papa/) versus CV'CV (e.g., /pa'pa/) word. According to the authors' working hypothesis, the pointing apex (gesture extremum) would be synchronized with the apex of the jaw-opening gesture corresponding to the…
Descriptors: Syllables, Suprasegmentals, Foreign Countries, Portuguese
Peer reviewedKelm, Orlando R. – Hispania, 1989
Describes some of the current research on Brazilian Portuguese phonology. Various techniques are discussed that analysts utilize to investigate Brazilian Portuguese nasality. (49 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Variation
Derbyshire, Desmond C., Ed. – 1987
Four working papers in linguistics are presented. "Basic Configurations of Pragmatic Structuring" (Robert A. Dooley) presents evidence for basic or unmarked pragmatic configurations in three Brazilian languages: Topic-Comment in Mbya Guarani, Comment-Topic in Hixkaryana, and Focus-Presupposition in Xavante. "The Syllable Structure…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Greek
