Pathways of memory in texts of African literatures in Portuguese by Maria Nazareth Soares Fonseca

“…With such meanings one seeks to understand conflicts that are characteristic of an era that fights to preserve traces of what no longer exists. ln addition, we discuss the ways that African literatures of Portuguese language have been received as spontaneous memory support and as a reference to places that live with social practices defined by voice power and with a quick process of transformation of these practices. …”
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Asthenopic symptoms prevalence in undergraduate students by Flávio Marconiedson Nunes, Henrique Nunes Pereira Oliva, Gabriella de Sá Oliveira, Dorothéa Schmidt França

“…Methods: Descriptive research with cross-sectional design through the application of the College of Optometrists Questionnaire in Vision Development Quality of Life (COVDL-QoL), in its cross-cultural and linguistic adaptation to the Portuguese language, to the students of a private college in the city of Montes Claros. …”
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Interview with the poet Alfredo Fressia: exile, asylum and self-translation by Madeline Millán Vega

“…Fressia also talks about self-translation, transcreation and combinations between Spanish and other languages, especially the Portuguese language. In all these interviews we invite the poet to present us one of his translations and a poem of his own. …”
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Analysis of the effectiveness of a Sociolinguistic proposal in teaching people with autistic spectrum desorder by Aroldo Pereira da Rosa

“…The objective of this research is to discuss about the teaching of Portuguese language grammar for people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). …”
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PRECARIZAÇÃO DO TRABALHO DOCENTE E FORMAÇÃO DO SUJEITO CRÍTICO: (IM)POSSIBILIDADES E (DES)CAMINHOS / Precariousness of teaching work and formation of the critical subject: (im... by Jessica Nascimento Rodrigues, Mary Rangel

“…This study aimed to examine the discourses of teachers of Portuguese Language of three schools of Niterói-RJ about the formation of a literate critical subject, not excepting the analysis of the possibilities and limits of these practices. …”
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O IMPACTO DO TRAUMA DA VIDA NA SAÚDE MENTAL E NO COMPORTAMENTO SUICIDA: UM ESTUDO EM PAÍSES DE LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA by Colleen Beatriz, Henrique Pereira, Mariana Silva

“…Governments of Portuguese Language Countries should include strategies aimed at minimizing the impact of traumatic experiences when implementing mental health policies and prevention campaigns.…”
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Analysis of texts produced by students of the early years: guidelines for a possible diagnosis by Terezinha da Conceição Costa-Hübes

“…The designing of the table is the result of studies carried out by a study group on Portuguese language, consisting of teachers of the early years and supported by the theories of speech genres (BAKHTIN, 2003) and text genres (BRONCKART, 2003), the concept of text as a teaching unit (GERALDI, 1984) and, more specifically, the discussions on practices of linguistic analysis (GERALDI, 1984 and 1997). …”
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A VARIAÇÃO DO RÓTICO EM CIDADES TOCANTINENSES: EM BUSCA DE UMA NORMA FONÉTICA by Greize Alves da Silva, Bruna Lorraynne Dias Menezes

“…Since the above-mentioned towns present important variation aspects of the spoken Portuguese language in Tocantins, current study identifies and analyzes rhotic pronunciation, graphematically represented by /R/ as a syllabic coda, in the three mentioned towns. …”
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UMA NOTA SOBRE A TRANSPOSIÇÃO DE TERMOS QUÍMICOS PARA A LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA by Giuliana C. de Souza, Luciano R. Bastos, André G. H. Barbosa

“…This note has the purpose of calling the attention of the chemist to some aspects of the process of translating chemical terms onto the Portuguese language. A quick inspection on the chemistry literature in Portuguese shows a certain number of inadequate or dubious translations of terms originally coined in other languages. …”
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Serafim da Silva Neto and questioning the contact between languages: some observations on the relation between Linguistics and History by Wellington Santos da Silva

“…This article presents an analysis on the approach employed by Serafim da Silva Neto (1963)on the issue of the contact between languages in the historical formation of the Portuguese Language in Brazil. In the contemporary linguistic literature, criticisms to the author’s work have been frequent, because he reduces the role of indigenous and African languages in the Brazilian Portuguese setting. …”
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Portuguese as a historical invention: brazilianity, africanity and power by Cristine Gorski Severo

“…We discuss the concepts of regionalism, miscegenation, nationalism and Brazilianness in the light of specific regimes of dis­courses that consider influences of African languages in the Portuguese language spo­ken in Brazil. The text presents an approach of critical language policy that problematizes the historical meanings of languages, highlighting the relation between power and lan­guage.…”
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A validação do Teste de Juízo Moral (MJT) para diferentes culturas: o caso brasileiro Moral Judgment Test (MJT) adaptation for different cultures: Brazilian case by Patricia Unger Raphael Bataglia

“…<br>The present article deals with the adaptation of the Moral Judgment Test (MJT) for the Portuguese language. The principles of the test, its format and the process of content, construct and criterion validation are presented. …”
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Language Policy and Planning: An Analysis of the Themes Present in Research in Brazil by Socorro Cláudia Tavares de Sousa, Cynthia Israelly Barbalho Dionísio

“…The main themes identified in this study were: educational language policies, language planning, languages in contact, diffusion of the Portuguese language, and (meta)linguistic knowledge and language policies. …”
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Blogs for teens and articulation of PCNs in the production of writing and reading in high school by Danilo Vizibeli, Maria Regina Momesso

“…It wonders of the using of media blogs for High School students as articulators of the Portuguese Language contents' study. It is possible to verify that the blogs offer its own languages and the expression of knowledge and power. …”
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Narratives, faces and expressions of the Mozambican post-colonialism in João Paulo Borges Coelho’s novels by Sheila Kahn

“…I intend to defy previous hegemony with this present work, proposing instead that there is, undoubtedly, a Mozambican post-colonialism, even if it is expressed in the Portuguese language. My attempt to break boundaries, to compile and analyse narratives, memories and manifestations of negotiating a Mozambican post-coloniality can be captured through the Mozambican author João Paulo Borges Coelho, namely through the novels As visitas do Dr Valdez, Crónica da Rua 513.2, and, more recently, Campo de trânsito. …”
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Children's literature parallel corpora: a hybrid experimental model to evaluate transfers of language complexity via linguistic transcoding by Adja Balbino de Amorim Barbieri Durão, Paulo Roberto Kloeppel

“…It also stands for developing adjustments to Paul Nation’s word family lists and Gunning’s GFI formula so that they can be applied to Portuguese language. Aiming at checking the reliability of the model, the article also presents a case study based on contrastive investigations on “The Secret Garden” by Burnett and its translation into Portuguese “O Jardim Secreto” by Perota and Carvalho.…”
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Instrument of self-perception and knowledge of dental erosion: cross-cultural adaptation to the Brazilian population by Sandro Bertazzo SILVA, Tanise de Medeiros CABRAL, Tatiana Militz Perrone PINTO, Letícia Brandão DURAND

“…The interview was translated and adapted to the Portuguese language and the Brazilian culture. The analysis of the data revealed that the interview was easy to apply, conduct and understand; therefore, it was considered viable and capable of being used in different studies.…”
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Teletandem within the Context of closely-related languages: a Portuguese-Spanish interinstitutional experience by Kelly Cristiane Henschel Pobbe de CARVALHO, Rozana Aparecida Lopes MESSIAS, Anelly Mendoza DÍAS

“…We sought to evaluate the organization of the content of Portuguese language that they are teaching and the impact made by teletandem practices on the professional development of these student-teachers in both languages. …”
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STUDY OF WRITING PRODUCTION MATERIAL THROUGH TEXTUAL GENRES by Cleide Inês Wittke

“…Taken this into account and based on a socio-discursive interactionism approach to language, this article analyses the “Portuguese Language Olympics – Writing the Future”(“Olímpiada de Língua Portuguesa – Escrevendo o Futuro”)pedagogic material, in particular the sequences that make up the “Points of View “ (“Pontos de Vista”) volume, in order to investigate whether its didactic activitiesand exercises are in line with good practices of writing production, especially considering that the pedagogic material claims to work with textual genres. …”
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The Interdisciplinary Spiritual Care Model – A holistic Approach to Patient Care by René Hefti, Mary Rute Gomes Esperandio

“…Firstly, spiritual care is approached from scientific publications in Portuguese language. Second, the interdisciplinary spiritual care model is presented as a holistic approach to patient care and consequences of applying a spiritual care model are outlined. …”
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