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Bechara is the author of several grammars of the Portuguese language aimed at both the general public and professionals: Moderna Gramática Portuguesa (37th edition, Rio de Janeiro; Editora Lucerna, 1999); Gramática Escolar da Língua Portuguesa (1st edition, Rio de Janeiro; Editora Lucerna, 2001); Lições de Português pela Análise ...
Like most Indo-European languages, including English, Portuguese classifies most of its lexicon into four word classes: verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs.These are "open" classes, in the sense that they readily accept new members, by coinage, borrowing, or compounding.
It was developed by Portuguese lawyer [30] João Evangelista Campos Lima (1887–1956 [31]), who presented it in Gramática internacional, published in 1948. Gramatica Internacional, by Campos Lima (1948), pages 2–3.
The Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa is a comprehensive dictionary of the Portuguese language, published in Brazil, first compiled by Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira. It is popularly known as the Dicionário Aurélio , or simply Aurélio or Aurelião ("Big Aurélio "').
The Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa (Houaiss Dictionary of the Portuguese Language) is a major reference dictionary for the Portuguese language, edited by Brazilian writer Antônio Houaiss. The dictionary was composed by a team of two hundred lexicographers from several countries. The project started in 1986 and was finished in 2000 ...
The Franciscan Recollects (French: Récollets) were a French reform branch of the Friars Minor, a Franciscan order. Denoted by their gray habits and pointed hoods, the Recollects devoted their lives to an extra emphasis on prayer, penance, and spiritual reflection (recollection), focusing on living in small, remote communities to better facilitate these goals.
A Portuguesa" (pronounced [ɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ]; lit. ' The Portuguese ' ) is the national anthem of Portugal . It was composed by Alfredo Keil and written by Henrique Lopes de Mendonça during the resurgent nationalist movement ignited by the 1890 British Ultimatum to Portugal concerning its African colonies.
Gramática de la lengua castellana (lit. ' Grammar of the Castilian Language ' ) is a book written by Antonio de Nebrija and published in 1492. It was the first work dedicated to the Spanish language and its rules, and the first grammar of a modern European language to be published.