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Asha Layne; Erin Miles – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Although W.E.B. Du Bois' impact on race theory is well-known among social scientists; his work is not widely incorporated into the sociolinguistic canon on racial identity through language. Moreover, one pervasive feature in sociolinguistic discourses is the paucity of literature exploring the Afro-Portuguese language. In addressing these…
Descriptors: Critical Race Theory, Black Dialects, Portuguese, Foreign Countries
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Hajek, John – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2000
Provides an overview of language planning and the sociolinguistic environment in East Timor. Suggests that those with responsibility for planning show no interest in any holistic or global approach that might take into account all the indigenous languages of the region. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
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Azevedo, Milton M. – Hispania, 1989
Reviews some features of the vernacular variety of Brazilian Portuguese that occur in the colloquial speech of educated persons, focusing on pronominal complements, reflexives, verb forms, verb tenses, and noun/modifier agreement. (CB)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Educational Attainment, Language Patterns, Oral Language