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This pathfinder includes language, literature, linguistics,
online dictionaries, grammars, and teaching aids.
The most important
source for bibliography of books and articles concerning Brazil
is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies produced by
over 160 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic
Division of the Library of Congress.
These are available in selected libraries in book form. Additional
coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription
to the Hispanic
American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/) and
the Modern
Language Association's International Bibliography (http://www.mla.org/publications/bibliography). All
three bibliographies are available in selected
libraries in book form.
One of the major aggregators for links to a
wide variety of subjects relating to regional resources for
Latin America is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/brazil/).
Language
LINK
TO LITERATURE: BRAZIL (http://purl.oclc.org/corc/system/Pathfinder/3917:xid=LCP)
This pathfinder includes electronic resources
and websites related to Brazilian literature.
Language -- General References
Ethnologue. Languages
of the World. Languages of Brazil (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=BR)
Links to information on the known living languages spoken in Brazil and their
populations as well as Brazil’s extinct languages.
Historia da Lingua
Portuguesa (http://acd.ufrj.br/%7Epead/tema05/por-tm05.html)
Presents an online text on the history of the Portuguese language. The text
includes historical data from Vulgar Latin to Portuguese as well as the history
of the Portuguese language in Brazil and Africa. Includes a bibliography.
In Portuguese.
A Língua Portuguesa (http://www.linguaportuguesa.ufrn.br/pt_index.php)
The Portuguese Language. Links to the history of the Portuguese language (by
period), the Portuguese language in the world (by region), sources, and additional
information. In Portuguese and English.
Brazilian Portuguese Online Dictionaries
Dicionario da Lingua Portuguesa On-line (http://www.priberam.pt/DLPO/) [not
working 11/23/05]
Online Portuguese language dictionary published by Texto Editora of Portugal,
which contains 95,000 entries and more than 13,000 verbs conjugations. Also
includes grammar.
Dicionários-Online.com (http://dicionarios-online.com/)
Portuguese electronic subject dictionaries, glossaries, and encyclopedias with
definitions in Portuguese. Also includes some multilingual dictionaries.
Linguas Indigenas Brasileiras (http://www.indios.info/)
Site by Renato Nicolai is a research project which began in 1982. It is a listing
of Brazilian Indian language vocabularies and is organized alphabetically
by language. In Portuguese.
Michaelis: Moderno Dicionario da
Lingua Portuguesa (http://www.uol.com.br/michaelis/)
Portuguese-only dictionary contains more than 200,000 entries. It is based
on the data bank of Melhoramentos' lexicography. Special emphasis is given
to new words and concepts developed in the fields of science and technology.
Also includes neologisms of standard Portuguese, as well as regionalisms,
and slang.
Travlang’s Portuguese-English On-line Dictionary (http://dictionaries.travlang.com/PortugueseEnglish/)
User needs to be aware that use of this product loads a toolbar on your
browser which allows one to submit a word or short phrase in either language
and searches for the corresponding
phrase
in the
opposite
language.
Includes
a search
form
that
returns up 200 results. Links to other translating dictionaries and the travlang
home page. Travlang notes that the dictionary database is from "Ergane," a
freeware multilingual program.
Brazilian Portuguese Online Grammars
Bem Vindo ao
Maravilhoso Mundo da Gramatica! (http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/3167/)
Online Portuguese grammar contains rules and useful tips for a better understanding
of the structure of words and sentences in Brazilian Portuguese. In Portuguese. Logos Translations
Universal Conjugator: Portuguese Verbs Index (http://www.verba.org/verbi/all%5Fverbs%5Findex%5Fpt.html)
Online Portuguese verbs conjugator with an alphabetical index of 4,972 fully
conjugated verbs. In Portuguese.
Nossa Lingua, Nossa
Patria (http://intervox.nce.ufrj.br/%7Eedpaes/index.html)
Presents an online Portuguese language grammar which focuses on the most difficult
aspects of the language. In Portuguese.
Portugues.
Klick Educação (http://www.klickeducacao.com.br/Portal/Materia/Portugues/FrontDoor/1,3862,,00.html)
Electronic resource, from the Portuguese language section of AOL.COM.BR, contains
general information on Brazilian Portuguese grammar, communications, linguistics,
composition/essay writing, and Luso-Brazilian literature. In Portuguese.
Portuguese for All. De
Tudo em Pouco (http://homepage.mac.com/mikeharland/dtup/)
Web-based course in European Portuguese–with comparisons to Brazilian Portuguese–by
Mike Harland of Glasgow University. A beginner's guide to Portuguese with interactive
lessons, basic vocabulary and pronunciation, numbers, irregular verbs, and tenses.
TV
Cultura. Alô Escola. Nossa Língua Portuguesa (http://www.tvcultura.com.br/aloescola/linguaportuguesa/index.htm)
Online Portuguese grammar which explains difficult aspects of colloquial Brazilian
Portuguese. Organized and explained by Pasquale Cipro Neto. In Portuguese.
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