Sociolinguistic Overview: PEUL's Contribution

This article focuses on the contributions of PEUL (Programa de Estudos sobre o Uso da Lingua [Language Usage Study Program]) to Brazilian sociolinguistics, &, specifically, to variationist studies. An overview is provided of variations in Rio de Janeiro Portuguese & the areal domain of varia...

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Published in:Revista de documentação de estudos em lingüística teórica e aplicada 1999-01, Vol.15 (special issue), p.201-232
Main Authors: Paiva, Maria da Conceicao de, Scherre, Maria Marta Pereira
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Language:Portuguese
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Summary:This article focuses on the contributions of PEUL (Programa de Estudos sobre o Uso da Lingua [Language Usage Study Program]) to Brazilian sociolinguistics, &, specifically, to variationist studies. An overview is provided of variations in Rio de Janeiro Portuguese & the areal domain of variations is described. Emphasis is on the systematicity & regularity of a linguistic variable - the formal parallelism - on phenomena of language variation & change. Some patterns of correlation between language & social structure are discussed. 225 References. Adapted from the source document
ISSN:0102-4450