The genesis and development of Brazilian vernacular Portuguese.
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Title
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The genesis and development of Brazilian vernacular Portuguese.
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Identifier
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AAI9720116
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identifier
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9720116
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Creator
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Mello, Heliana Ribeiro de.
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Contributor
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Adviser: John A. Holm
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Date
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1997
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Language, Linguistics
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Abstract
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This dissertation is a study of the linguistic factors and processes that led to the formation of Brazilian vernacular Portuguese (BVP).;Chapter one examines present-day BVP varieties that have contributed to this language's origins, also introducing a brief comparison of BVP and some varieties of nonstandard American Spanish.;Chapter two is an overview of the linguistic literature on BVP, including the many different approaches to its genesis that have been proposed over the last one hundred years.;Chapter three discusses the social history of BVP's speakers and the light it casts on the evolution of this language.;Chapter four examines the distinguishing features of BVP making a comparison with similar features in archaic Portuguese as well as Portuguese-based creoles. It is shown that these distinguishing features are pervasive on the lexical, phonological and grammatical levels of BVP, clearly setting it apart from standard Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese.;Chapter five is a detailed analysis of the linguistic processes likely to have taken part in the formation of BVP, leading to the conclusion that both language internal processes (e.g. drift), and language external processes (e.g. contact phenomena such as borrowing and shift) interacted and played important roles. It is shown that some of BVP's features clearly come from just one source, but others seem to have resulted from converging influences.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
