Final unstressed mid-vowels in Brazilian Portuguese of the 19th century
This paper investigated the Brazilian Portuguese final unstressed mid-vowels heightening based on the principles and methodologies of the Sociohistorical Linguistics (Romaine 2009) and according to the principles of the Uniformitarian Principle (Whitney 1867 / Labov 1994 / Labov 2008 / Joseph / Jand...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of A Coruña
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Revista Galega de Filoloxía |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.udc.es/index.php/rgf/article/view/rgf.2015.16.0.1382/627 |
| Summary: | This paper investigated the Brazilian Portuguese final unstressed mid-vowels heightening based on the principles and methodologies of the Sociohistorical Linguistics (Romaine 2009) and according to the principles of the Uniformitarian Principle (Whitney 1867 / Labov 1994 / Labov 2008 / Joseph / Janda 2003). To the development of the analysis, it was used two kinds of empirical data: direct evidence (metalinguistic and didactic books) and indirect evidence (letters from Coleção Varela). The results of the analysis demonstrated that the heightening of the final unstressed vowels /e/ and /o/ occurred in Brazilian Portuguese in the 19th century. |
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| ISSN: | 1576-2661 2444-9121 |