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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doaj-d94f8063de8f4d868d265474118cfd282020-11-24T21:49:18ZengUniversity of A CoruñaRevista Galega de Filoloxía1576-26612444-91212015-12-011614716710.17979/rgf.2015.16.0.1382Final unstressed mid-vowels in Brazilian Portuguese of the 19th centuryEliane da Rosa0Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulThis 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.http://revistas.udc.es/index.php/rgf/article/view/rgf.2015.16.0.1382/627heighteningfinal unstressed mid-vowelsbrazilian portuguese of the 19th century |
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Final unstressed mid-vowels in Brazilian Portuguese of the 19th century |
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Final unstressed mid-vowels in Brazilian Portuguese of the 19th century |
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Final unstressed mid-vowels in Brazilian Portuguese of the 19th century |
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Final unstressed mid-vowels in Brazilian Portuguese of the 19th century |
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Final unstressed mid-vowels in Brazilian Portuguese of the 19th century |
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final unstressed mid-vowels in brazilian portuguese of the 19th century |
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University of A Coruña |
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Revista Galega de Filoloxía |
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1576-2661 2444-9121 |
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2015-12-01 |
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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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heightening final unstressed mid-vowels brazilian portuguese of the 19th century |
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