Sobre o Emprego de Voce no Portugues Brasileiro Atual

Azevedo, Milton M.

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“…In Latin American Spanish, the second-person plural form vosotros has been replaced by ustedes (from Vuestra Merced 'Your Grace') (Jonge & Nieuwenhuijsen in press), just as vós has been replaced by vocês in Brazilian Portuguese (cf. Azevedo 1981, Faraco 1996. And in French, the clitic pronoun on (from the noun home 'man') has virtually taken over from the older first-person plural form nous (cf.…”

Section: Development Of a Gente As A Pronounmentioning

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“…Azevedo 1981, Duarte 1993, Silveira 2008. This being the case, we might expect the newer form to be obligatorily expressed, and the older form to retain some degree of variability.…”

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“…As these newer forms take third-person singular marking, this has resulted in the near loss of second-person marking in several parts of Brazil (cf. Azevedo 1981, Faraco 1996, Zilles 2004, including Fortaleza, the region under study here (cf. Lemos Monteiro 1994).…”

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The Role of Frequency in First-Person Plural Variation in Brazilian Portuguese: Nós vs. a gente

Travis¹,

Silveira²

2009

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics

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This paper investigates the conditioning of the variation between two first-person plural forms in contemporary spoken Brazilian Portuguese, an older pronoun nós used with first-person plural agreement and a newer pronoun a gente, derived from an NP meaning 'the people', used with third-person singular agreement. This is part of a broader change in the language involving the breakdown of verbal agreement as third-person marking extends to the domains of first-and second-person. We consider the conditioning of use of these forms in spoken Brazilian Portuguese from Fortaleza and uncover a phenomenon that as yet has not been noted in relation to this variation, namely frequency. We find that the high type frequency of a gente contributes to the spreading use of this form, and the high token frequency of nós in specific constructions slows it down. We predict that these highly frequent constructions (such as nos temos 'we have', digamos 'let's say' and vamos + V-INF 'let's V') may remain a last vestige of nós in Brazilian Portuguese as a gente comes to take over the realm of first-person plural.

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Section: Development Of a Gente As A Pronounmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Azevedo 1981, Duarte 1993, Silveira 2008. This being the case, we might expect the newer form to be obligatorily expressed, and the older form to retain some degree of variability.…”

Section: Subject Expressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Role of Frequency in First-Person Plural Variation in Brazilian Portuguese: Nós vs. a gente

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Silveira²

2009

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics

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Perceptual motivation for rhotics as a class

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Monahan

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Speech Communication

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Portuguese

Azevedo

2005

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This accessible 2005 book provides a comprehensive introduction to the linguistic structure of Portuguese. Clearly organised, it covers the central topics of syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics and pragmatics, and explores the social and historical background of Portuguese, its development and spread in the world, and related sociolinguistic issues such as dialect variation and language planning. It also includes a chapter on Portuguese in Brazil, where approximately 80% of Portuguese speakers live. Assuming very little prior knowledge of linguistic terminology, Portuguese: A Linguistic Introduction is designed to help intermediate and advanced students of Portuguese understand how the language functions at all levels, and to give students of linguistics a useful starting point for work on the structure of Portuguese. Keeping linguistic theory to a minimum, it focuses on presenting the linguistic facts in a clear and lucid way, providing a useful global overview of the Portuguese language and its surrounding issues.

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Sobre o Emprego de Voce no Portugues Brasileiro Atual

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The Role of Frequency in First-Person Plural Variation in Brazilian Portuguese: Nós vs. a gente

The Role of Frequency in First-Person Plural Variation in Brazilian Portuguese: Nós vs. a gente

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