Manuscripts procurations of the fourteenth century to the sixteenth century: the Middle Portuguese in Portuguese language's history

• Grant number: 17/01875-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2017
• End date: July 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Portuguese Language
• Principal Investigator: Phablo Roberto Marchis Fachin
• Grantee: Beatriz Brizola Estevam
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/51787-5 - Project for the History of Paulista Brazilian Portuguese, AP.TEM

Abstract

This research aims at reading, transcribing and making a semidiplomatic edition of Portuguese manuscripts documents between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, part of the period known Middle Portuguese. The main objective is to contribute to the studies of Portuguese language history through trustworthy source production, and analysis of the state of the language depicted by such manuscripts. It's a philological research with a historical-linguistic bias which fits into the projects Fontes para a História da Língua Portuguesa:edição de manuscritos dos períodos médio e clássico e História do Português Paulista, both of them developed in the University of São Paulo. We expect to find results that can be compared with those already existent in order to increase the availability of studying material about Middle Portuguese, in addition to the contribution to periodization of Portuguese language. (AU)