Linguistics

OBITUARY

The linguist of language as it is

Going back to the origins of grammar in Ancient Greece, Maria Helena de Moura Neves became an exponent of functionalist studies in Brazil

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History

Original documents reveal new aspects of the history of Palmares

UNICAMP historian creates database of material collected from archives in countries such as Brazil, Portugal, and the Netherlands

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RESEARCH ITINERARIES

An encounter with Arabic dialects

Felipe Benjamin Francisco and the challenges of linguistic comprehension

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Linguistics

Scientific articles are increasingly complex and cryptic due to excessive use of jargon and acronyms

The phenomenon is not exclusive to the exact and biological sciences—it is also seen in journals from the fields of linguistics and language

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Genetics

The rise and fall of Tupi

Speakers of the language may have numbered 4 to 5 million a millennium ago but began declining sharply before Europeans arrived on the continent

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Linguistics

A neglected threat to ethnobotany

Study shows that language extinction could lead to incalculable losses of medicinal knowledge

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History

From Tupi to Portuguese

Six letters written in ancient Tupi by indigenous peoples during the Brazilian colonial period have finally been transcribed and translated into Portuguese

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Neuroscience

The archaeology of the mind

Supported by mathematical models, study investigates the development of human thought over thousands of years

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Careers

Straight talk

Applied linguistics investigates relationships in the field of discursive practice

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Philology

A world of possibilities

Establishing literary authorship poses a complex challenge to researchers

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Literature

Capturing the specific and the concrete

The release of previously unpublished poems, a biographical essay, and events mark the 100th birthday of João Cabral de Melo Neto

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Retrospect

Anatomy lessons

A 1613 dictionary written by a Brazilian Jesuit priest recorded the Tupi's knowledge of the human body

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Linguistics

Toward the survival of indigenous languages

With the help of technology, researchers work to prevent the disappearance of native languages in Brazil

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Interview

Nei Lopes: The unorthodox lexicographer

The samba historian, composer of popular music, and specialist in African languages and cultures has written over 30,000 dictionary entries

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Linguistics

Toward the survival of indigenous languages

With the help of technology, researchers work to prevent the disappearance of native languages in Brazil

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CAREERS

From litter to literature

After spending his childhood working in a landfill, Dorival dos Santos Filho concludes his doctorate in linguistics

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SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Rebuilding heritage

Partnerships with indigenous peoples and community associations will be decisive to the restoration of ethnographic and linguistic collections

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PROFILE

Finding refuge in knowledge

As a victim of persecution, a Malian man transforms a personal experience into a focus of study for his doctorate at USP

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Linguistics

For the survival of indigenous languages

Researchers seek to keep Brazilian native idioms from disappearing

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COVER

More people in the rainforest

New archaeological sites and evidence of plant domestication support the idea that pre-Columbian Amazonia was densely populated

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Ataliba Teixeira de Castilho

Ataliba Teixeira de Castilho: The libertarian linguist

Linguist says that language belongs to the speaker, not to the grammarian

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Careers

From words to machines

Cognitive scientist works with new technologies in the USA

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LANGUAGE

Philology rediscovered

Researchers discuss theoretical issues for classical studies of Philology

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Common marmoset

Monkey talk

Interaction with parents builds up infants communication skills

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Cover

Quite the Brazilian language, I say

Historical texts and interviews reveals the hallmarks of language in Brazil

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Watson platform

Watson learns Portuguese

IBM's cognitive computing system will learn new languages

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native language

Method determines the native language of foreigners writing in English

Method determines the native language of foreigners writing in English

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MARKET FOR NOVELS

Lusophone Paris

French released hundreds of books in Portuguese during the 19th century

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Cover

Under Pressure

Sensor shows brain changes caused by trauma or pregnancy

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Statistics

The life of words

The evolution of the vocabulary of on-line communities

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