Portuguese: A Linguistic Introduction

This accessible introduction to the linguistic structure of Portuguese looks at its social and historical background. In addition to covering the central topics of syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics and pragmatics, it explores the development of the language, the spread of Portuguese in the world, and sociolinguistic issues such as dialect variation and language planning. Keeping linguistic theory to a minimum, the book focuses on presenting linguistic facts within a useful global survey of the language and its issues.

Author: Milton M. Azevedo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/14/2005
Pages: 356
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.10w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780521805155

About the Author
Azevedo, Milton M.: - Milton Azevedo is Professor of Hispanic Linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Berkeley.

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