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    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 8 June 2000

    • ISBN 9780198235811
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages172 pages
    • Size 243x162x18 mm
    • Weight 463 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations black and white figures and tables
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    Short description:

    Portuguese is a Romance language bearing close links with Spanish and Catalan. In this book, the authors provide an accurate description of the phonological system of Portuguese, comparing the main phenomena of the two most widely extended varieties of the language–European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese–within the light of current phonological theories. This book's importance and interest lie in the unique characteristics that give Portuguese a special place among the Romance languages.

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    Long description:

    Portuguese emerged from vulgar Latin during the course of the third century. Influential in its development were successive invasions by Germanic peoples, Visigoths, and Moors, the latter of whom were finally evicted in the thirteenth century. As a consequence of the newly-independent kingdoms imperial achievements, Portuguese is the national language of Brazil and the official language of several African countries.

    Maria Helena Mateus and Ernesto dAndrade present a broad description and comparative analysis of the phonetics and phonology of European and Brazilian Portuguese. They begin by introducing the history of Portuguese and its principal varieties. Chapter 2 describes the phonetic characteristics of consonants, vowels, and glides, and Chapter 3 looks at prosodic structure. Chapters 4 and 5 present the general characteristics of Portuguese nominal and verbal systems, the former considering inflectional and the latter derivational processes. Chapter 6 examines stress, main, secondary, and echo, and Chapter 7 describes phonological processes that are not related to the morphological structure of the word, including the peculiar process of nazalization.

    The authors deploy current theoretical models to explain the rich variety of Portuguese phonology and interrelated aspects of morphology. This is by far the most comprehensive account of the subject to have appeared in English, and the most up-to-date in any language.

    Mateus & d'Andrade's work constitutes a practical and informative reference and will be of interest to linguists, students, and anyone seeking a broader understanding of the sound system and word-formation processes of Portuguese ... this book is an excellent empirical and theoretical reference

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction
    The Phonological System of Portuguese
    Syllable Structure
    Portuguese Morphology
    Inflection
    Portuguese Morphology
    Derivation
    Word Stress in Portuguese
    Phonological Processes
    References

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