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Gomes de Matos, Francisco – Hispania, 1976
This paper consists chiefly of a list of 50 paired sentences illustrating three styles of spoken Brazilian Portuguese: Informal, neutral and formal. (Text is in Portuguese.) (CHK)
Descriptors: Language Styles, Language Usage, Language Variation, Portuguese
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Doerr, Richard P. – Hispania, 1969
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Language Patterns, Lexicology, Regional Dialects
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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
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Serrano, Maria Jose – Hispania, 1995
Many sociolinguistic studies validate the importance of the relationship among social variables that satisfactorily explain the correlation between linguistic and social phenomena. The intersection of sex, sociocultural level, and age initiates syntactic change that first appears in the vernacular and progresses to the accepted standard. (52…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns