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Date: 20-Nov-2025
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: Portuguese Linguistic and Cultural Complexity: Cortez-Smyth, Fernandes, and Pereira (eds.) (2025)


Title: Portuguese Linguistic and Cultural Complexity
Subtitle: A Multidisciplinary Journey
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Romance Linguistics 89
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Lincom GmbH
           https://lincom-shop.eu/
Book URL:
https://lincom-shop.eu/epages/57709feb-b889-4707-b2ce-c666fc88085d.sf/en_GB/?ViewAction=FacetedSearchProducts&ObjectID=136161&PageSize=30&SearchString=9783969392706&ViewObjectPath=%2FShops%2F57709feb-b889-4707-b2ce-c666fc88085d

Editor(s): Joana Cortez-Smyth, Anabela Fernandes, and Rui Abel Pereira
(eds.)

Paperback. ISBN 9783969392706. LINCOM Studies in Romance Linguistics
89. 78pp.2025. EUR 72.80.

Abstract:

This volume offers an in-depth exploration of Portuguese linguistic
and cultural complexity through a multidisciplinary lens, integrating
historical, sociolinguistic, literary, and pedagogical perspectives.
The introductory chapter provides a foundation for foreign students
and researchers by tracing the evolution of Portuguese from its Latin
origins and detailing its geographical expansion, emphasizing the
language’s pluricentric character and distinct features. Subsequent
chapters expand the scope by analyzing the survival of minority
languages such as Mirandese, the intricacies of Portuguese Sign
Language, and shifts in contemporary Portuguese fiction. The volume
culminates with innovative methodological insights via podcast- based
language teaching, demonstrating the intersection between tradition
and technological innovation. Through critical synthesis of these
diverse topics, the work highlights the interplay of language,
identity, and communication, affirming the rich tapestry of cultural
and linguistic diversity within Portuguese-speaking communities. This
collection invites readers to engage critically with the challenges
and opportunities that arise from historical roots, plural identities,
and the contemporary demands of language instruction. Overall, the
volume aims to foster nuanced understanding and scholarly engagement
with the multifaceted nature of Portuguese language and culture in an
increasingly interconnected world.
Contents: Rui Pereira: History and cartography of the Portuguese
language - Cristina Martins: Mirandese: a language with a name -
Amílcar Furtado, Isabel Correia, Pedro Oliveira & Pedro Custódio: The
third language: Portuguese Sign Language - Ana Paula Arnaut: From
Postmodernism to the Hypercontemporary: morphology/ies of the - novel
and character (re)configurations - Anabela Fernandes & Joana
Cortez-Smyth: Discursive Intersubjectivity in Podcast-Based Language
Teaching: A Study in Advanced Portuguese as an Additional Language.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Portuguese (por)

Language Family(ies): Romance

Written In: English (eng)



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