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1. Ter/Haver-Existential Clauses in Brazilian Portuguese: Variation and Change.

Author

Callou, Dinah

Abstract

This paper discusses the details of existential sentences constructed with the Portuguese verbs "ter" and "haver" in the interpersonal form. The uses of these verbs are discussed and analyzed in detail. The history and evolution of linguistic changes in Brazilian Portuguese are discussed in an attempt to detect historical social and cultural factors responsible for the variation in existential sentences. (Contains 15 references.) (KFT)

Published
2001

2. Revista de Documentacao de Estudos em Linguistica Teorica e Aplicada (DELTA): Novos Estudos em Gamatica Gerativa, 2001 (Journal of Documentary Studies in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics [DELTA]: New Studies in Generative Grammar, 2001).

Author

Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo (Brazil). Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Linguistica Aplicada e Estudos da Linguagem., Barbara, Leila, and Rajagopalan, Kanavillil

Abstract

These two issues of volume 17, include the following articles: "The Competing Motivation Model in the Functional Domains of Negation" (M. Angelica Furtado da Cunha); "Discursive Resonance and Politeness in Reading and Writing Practices" (Silvana Serrani Infante); "The Acquisition of Relative Clauses in Brazilian Portuguese" (Maria Cecilia Perroni); "Has the Adverbial Entao Already Become Grammaticalized as a Conjunction?" (Erotilde Goreti Pezzatti); "The Two Great of Brazilian Sociolinguistic History (1500-2000)" (Dante E. Lucchesi); "Interview with M.A.K. Halliday, Cardiff, July, 1998" (Geoff Thompson and Heloisa Collins); "Brazilian Portuguese and the Null Subject Parameter" (M. Aparecida C.R. Torres-Morais); "Applied Research in Language: Challenges for the New Millennium" (Carlos Alberto Faraco); "Textlinguistics: Quo Vadis?" (Ingedore Grunfeld Villaca Koch); "Dialectology: Traveled Roads and Routes to Travel" (Suzana Alice Marcelino Cardoso); "Theoretical and Descriptive Issues in Sociolinguistics and in Applied Sociolinguistics and a Project for an Agenda" (Maria Cecilia de Magalhaes Mollica and Claudia Nivia Roncarti); and "Research in Portuguese Phonology" (Maria Helena Mira Mateus). An appendix includes: "52nd SBPC Annual Meeting: Brasilia, July 2000 Meeting: Scientific Journals in the New Century"; "Letters and Linguistics Brazilian Journals" (Luiz Antonio Marcuschi); "Electronic Texts" (Vilson J. Leffa); and "The Preparation of a General Journal" (Leila Barbara, Maria Aparecida Caltabianco, and Sumiko N. Ikeda). (Papers contain references.) (SM)

Published
2001

3. Early Childhood Education and Care Policy in Portugal = A Educacao Pre-Escolar e os Cuidados para a Infancia em Portugal.

Author

Ministry of Education, Lisbon (Portugal).

Abstract

Based on the view that the rapid expansion and development of preschool education requires careful scrutiny of both educational policy and practices, this book presents information on current early childhood education and care policy in Portugal. Section 1 of the book provides a historical framework for the development of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Portugal, definitions of relevant terms, the types of current ECEC provisions, and the context influencing ECEC policies and practices. Section 2 defines policies related to educational quality and program accessibility. Section 3 presents policy approaches with regard to regulations, staff, program content and implementation, participation and support to families, and funding. Included in this section are descriptions of programs in the Autonomous Regions of Madeira and Acores. Section 4 presents information on program evaluation and research in Portugal. Section 5 asserts that the government of Portugal has made a clear investment policy in education as a whole, with particular emphasis in preschool education. The section presents objectives related to preschool attendance and program quality, and identifies challenges for program development. The book concludes with a glossary and a list of abbreviations. Appendices include graphic displays of statistical indicators for Portugal and European Union countries, and the paper "Early Childhood Education and Care Policy In Portugal: OECD Country Note," which identifies the progress made in Portugal and the difficulties still hindering achievement of objectives regarding care and education of children from birth to compulsory school age. (Contains 30 references.) (KB)

Published
2000

4. Voices from Angola = Vozes de Angola. African Voices Series.

Author

Minority Rights Group, London (England)., Warner, Rachel, Warner, Rachel, and Minority Rights Group, London (England).

Abstract

This dual-language (Portuguese and English) collection of autobiographical writing by refugees from Angolan children and young adults living in Britain is illustrated with photographs and children's drawings and includes comprehensive country introductions. In the collection, young people give their accounts of migration and explore how their identities are changing in their new country. The writings can be a useful resource for teachers, particularly those who want to bring a global dimension to learning. Following the "Factbox" (country introduction) and a general introduction for teachers that provides historical background on Angola, the collection is divided into the following sections and each includes several writings: (1) "Lembrancas de Angola" ("Memories of Angola"); (2)"Familia" ("Family"); (3) "Guerra" ("War"); (4) "Deixando Angola" ("Leaving Angola"); (5) "A Vida na Inglaterra" ("Life in Britain"); and (6)"A Vida de Refugiado" ("Life as a Refugee"). Includes a resources section that lists books, briefing papers, fact sheets, materials on refugees, and useful addresses. (BT)

Published
1995

5. Creativity and Language Dynamics: I--Creativity and Foreign Language Teaching. Proceedings of an AIMAV Seminar (11th, Brussels, Belgium, May 7-13, 1978).

Author

Association Internationale pour la Recherche et la Diffusion des Methodes Audio-visuelles et Structuro-globales, Ghent (Belgium)., Rosseel, Eddy, and Young Silva, Catherine

Abstract

Papers in English, French, and Portuguese address topics of creativity and its relationship to: native language instruction by television; conditions of language production at the moment of the emergence of creativity; comparison teaching; foreign language teachers; modern language instruction; psychological, pedagogical, and cultural perspectives; self-expression; the interplay of language and pleasure; literary reading; textbook construction and teacher preparation; English language learning by Brazilian preadolescents; learning Portuguese as a foreign language; French language learning in Zaire; renewal of English instruction in Burundi; andragogy; teaching articulation and the verbo-tonal; coordinating audiovisual materials with the four language skills in an intensive English course; individual differences in pronunciation achievement; French language instruction to university students; classroom methods for language instruction; children's instruction; and foreign language literature instruction. (MSE)

Published
1982