The role of African languages in the formation of Brazilian Portuguese: (more) tips for a new research agenda

Authors

  • Charlotte Galves UNICAMP

Keywords:

Brazilian Portuguese formation. African Portuguese. Linguistic contact. Linguistic drift. Creole languages

Abstract

This paper addresses the question of the role of African languages in the evolution of Portuguese in Brazil. It shows how recent work on Portuguese spoken as second language in Africa, and its comparison with the syntax of Bantu languages, gives empirical evidence that supports the thesis of the influence of these languages on Brazilian Portuguese, since this language displays the same characteristics. It argues that these analyses provide leads to study the historical development of Portuguese in Brazil and in Africa, using texts written in this language by Africans. Finally, it raises arguments against the hypothesis of linguistic drift to explain the evolution of Brazilian Portuguese.

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Author Biography

Charlotte Galves, UNICAMP

É professora do Departamento de Lingüística da Unicamp. É doutora em lingüística portuguesa pela Universidade Paris IV. Sua área central de atuação é a sintaxe do português, no quadro da Teoria da Gramática Gerativa, com ênfase na comparação do português europeu e do português brasileiro, e na história da língua em Portugal e no Brasil. Desde 1998, coordena a elaboração do Corpus Anotado do Português Histórico Tycho Brahe (http:// www.ime.usp.br/~tycho/corpus). Em 2001 publicou o livro Ensaios sobre as gramáticas do português, pela Editora da Unicamp. Desde 2006, vem integrando a questão do contato com as línguas africanas à sua pesquisa sobre a história do português. Outros aspectos importantes da sua atuação são o papel da interface sintaxe/fonologia na mudança lingüística, a modelagem probabilística do ritmo na escrita, e a lingüística de corpus.

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Published

2008-06-30

How to Cite

Galves, C. (2008). The role of African languages in the formation of Brazilian Portuguese: (more) tips for a new research agenda. Gragoatá, 13(24). Retrieved from https://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33165

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 24 (2008): Brazil and Africa: trajectories, faces and destination

Section

Literature Articles

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