Grammatical and lexical classes in Portuguese spoken in Brazil

• Grant number: 91/01023-3
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: January 01, 1992
• End date: December 31, 1995
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics
• Principal Investigator: Ataliba Teixeira de Castilho
• Grantee: Ataliba Teixeira de Castilho
• Host Institution: Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem (IEL). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Phonological and morphosyntactic description of the following classes of words, with a view to contributing to the collective preparation of a Grammar of the Portuguese spoken in Brazil: the Word phonological (segmental and supra-segmental processes), the word morphological (lexical expansion, lexical formation), the noun, the adjective, the pronouns (personal, demonstrative, possessive and indefinite), determiners (articles), the verb (voice, mood, tense, aspect, forms, periphrastics), the prepositions. (AU)