Yonne Leite

Apagamento do R Final no Dialeto Carioca: um Estudo em Tempo Aparente e em Tempo Real

This paper deals with the weakening process of the phoneme R in final coda position, in Rio de Janeiro dialect. Following labovian quantitative approach, three sets of data are compared, in order to present a case-study in apparent time and real time, through a panel and a trend study. It is shown that final R deletion follows age grading pattern and cannot be considered a change in progress.

A estrutura da oração em línguas indígenas brasileiras

Compara-se neste artigo um conjunto de fatos relacionados a interface sintaxe/morfologia em quatro linguas indigenas brasileiras, a saber, Kuikuro, Guarani, Karaja e Tikuna. Investiga-se o papel das categorias funcionais na derivacao da estrutura basica da oracao nessas linguas. Discutem-se os problemas que se colocam para a linearizacao da ordem SOV, propondo-se analises alternativas.

Comparação de aspectos da gramática em línguas indígenas brasileiras

This paper compares a set of interrelated phenomena concerning the syntax/morphology interface in four brazilian indigenous languages: Kuikuro, Guarani, Karaja and Tikuna. The linearization of the SOV word order is discussed following Chomsky (1993) and Kayne (1993). Clitics, auxiliaries and functional categories are also examined, allowing a preliminary comparative overview on the structure of the clause in the languages.

Joaquim Mattoso Câmara Jr: um inovador

In this text we review Mattoso Câmaras different areas of interest - phonology, morphology, stylistics - emphasizing his efforts toward the institutionalization of linguistic studies in Brazil: the creation of the discipline of General Linguistics in the 1930s; the establishment of a Linguistic Sector at the Museu Nacional in Rio de Janeiro, in 1958; the foundation of the Brazilian Linguistics Association, ABRALIN, in 1969. Mattosos legacy is revisited here from the point of view of someone who was his student and witnessed the path followed by a whole generation of pioneer linguists, inspired by the master. Among others: Carlos Eduardo Falcao Uchoa, Miriam Lemle, Leda Bisol, Jean Pierre Angenot, Paulino Vandresen, Eunice Pontes, Brian Head, Clea Rameh, Eurico Back and Yonne Leite herself.