6 articles in this issue
Willem Leo Wetzels
ln this paper we observe that 1ft! behaves in many respectsdifferently from Im,nI. Whereas Im,nl can be preceded by abranching rhyme, /fi/ cannot. When /fi/ occurs between the lasttwo vowels of a word that is at least trisyllabic, stress can never'skip' t... see more
Maria Carlota Rosa
This article analyses an anonimous 18th century grammar catalogue.Besides raising the most obvious issues on authors and tides ofgrammars, the manuscript evokes problems related to the commerceof printed books, and to the emergence of public libraries in ... see more
Andréa Machado de Almeida Mattos
The aim of this paper is to present the theory of second languageacquisition based on the Universal Grammar (UG) Hypothesis. Atfirst, the main aspects related to the scope of the Generative Theoryare presented, introducing its main ideas. Then, the main p... see more
Vânia Cristina Casseb Galvão
We investigated a case of grammaticalization in the Portuguesespoken in Brazil. From a qualitative analysis, we focused the scaleof change developed by lexical item achar, full verb, that indetermined contexts assumes the function, more grammatical, of ae... see more
Vera Lucia de Albuquerque Sant'Anna
This article anaIyses interviews invoIving Brazilian and Argentinianentrepreneurs working within the "MercosuI" economic community.The anaIyses aimed at identifying the means whereby these businesspartners construct their concepts of trust in relation to ... see more
Simone Reis,Telmo Nunes Gimenez,Denise Ismênia Bossa Grassano Ortenzi,Elaine Fernandes Mateus
A case study analysing the socialization of a student-teacher ofEnglish language is presented. Based on data stemming from aquestionnaire, an autobiographical report, a class obsetvation report,two tape-recorded supetvision sessions, and one semi-structur... see more