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ERIC Number: EJ423079
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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ISSN: ISSN-0954-3945
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Vowel Harmony: A Variable Rule in Brazilian Portuguese.
Bisol, Leda
Language Variation and Change, v1 n2 p185-98 1989
Examines vowel harmony in the "Gaucho dialect" of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Informants from four areas of the state were studied: the capital city (Porto Alegre), the border region with Uruguay, and two areas of the interior populated by descendants of nineteenth-century immigrants from Europe, mainly Germans and Italians. (VWL)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Foreign Countries, Language Variation, Oral Language, Portuguese, Pronunciation, Stress (Phonology), Uncommonly Taught Languages, Vowels
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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