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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
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 LINGUA PORTUGUESA (http://www.linguaportuguesa.ufrn.br)
An electronic text on the history of the Portuguese language which includes the following language periods: Pre-Roman, Roman, Gallegan-Portuguese, Archaic-Portuguese, Modern-Portuguese, Portuguese in the world, Portuguese in Europe, Gallegan, Portuguese in America, Portuguese in Asia and Oceania, and Portuguese in Africa. Also includes links on additional information. In Portuguese.
THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE AROUND THE WORLD (http://www.terravista.pt/Enseada/1347/en%5Fportuguese.htm)
A Web site that lists the 8 independent countries in which Portuguese is the official language: Portugal, Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tomé and Príncipe Islands, East Timor (Timor Lorosae). Each country contains related links. Also includes other links to Portuguese language and culture. In English and Portuguese.
Brazilian Portuguese On-Line Dictionaries
DICIONARIO DA LINGUA PORTUGUESA ON-LINE (http://www.priberam.pt/DLPO/)
This is an On-line Portuguese language dictionary published by Texto Editora of Portugal, which contains 95,000 entries and more than 13,000 verbs conjugations. Also includes grammar.
DICIONARIO ELETRONICO (http://www.terra.com.br/dics/form.htm)
This a Portuguese electronic dictionary with translations into English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, and Italian. There are two ways to search: (1) enter a word in Portuguese and click on "translate" (2) enter the word in one of the languages provided and click on the corresponding language.
LINGUAS INDIGENAS BRASILEIRAS (http://orbita.starmedia.com/%7Ei.n.d.i.o.s/)
This web site by Renato Nicolai is a research project which began in 1982. It is a dictionary of Brazilian Indian languages and is organized alphabetically by language. In Portuguese and English.
MICHAELIS : MODERNO DICIONARIO DA LINGUA PORTUGUESA (http://www.uol.com.br/michaelis/)
This 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 field of science and technology. Also includes neologisms of standard Portuguese, as well as regionalisms, and slang.
PORTUGUESE-ENGLISH ON-LINE DICTIONARY (http://dictionaries.travlang.com/PortugueseEnglish/)
Travlang, Inc. presents a Portuguese-English online dictionary. The user may submit a word or short phrase in either language and search 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 On-Line Grammars
FALA LINGUA (http://www.falalingua.hpg.ig.com.br/)
This is a site geared to students and professors of Brazilian Portuguese language and literature. Includes grammar, essay writing, composition, Brazilian literature (with a listing of authors), and related links. In Portuguese.
GRAMATICA DA LINGUA PORTUGUESA (http://www.portugues.com.br)
An online Portuguese grammar divided into 5 main categories: phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics, and stylistics. Also includes a link to the history of the Portuguese language. In Portuguese.
LEARN PORTUGUESE ONLINE (http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/PortLang/godtup.html)
Learn Portuguese Online is a web-based course by Mike Harland of Glasgow University. A beginner's guide to Portuguese which includes interactive lessons, and progresses through basic vocabulary and pronunciation, to numbers, irregular verbs and tenses.
LOGOS UNIVERSAL CONJUGATOR : PORTUGUESE VERBS INDEX (http://www.verba.org/verbi/all%5Fverbs%5Findex%5Fpt.html)
This is an online Portuguese verbs conjugator, and contains an alphabetical index of 4,972 fully conjugated verbs.
NOSSA LINGUA PORTUGUESA (http://www.tvcultura.com.br/aloescola/linguaportuguesa/index.htm)
This an online Portuguese grammar which explains difficult aspects of colloquial Brazilian Portuguese. The text is organized and explained by Pasquale Cipro Neto, the most reputable Portuguese teacher in Brazil. In Portuguese.
NOSSA LINGUA, NOSSA PATRIA (http://intervox.nce.ufrj.br/%7Eedpaes/gramatic.htm)
Presents an online Portuguese language grammar which focuses on the most difficult aspects of the language. In Portuguese.
PORTUGUES (http://www.klickeducacao.com.br/Portal/Materia/Portugues/FrontDoor/1,3862,,00.html)
This 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.
SEJA BEM VINDO AO MARAVILHOSO MUNDO DA GRAMATICA! (http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/3167/)
This online Portuguese grammar contains rules and useful tips for a better understanding of the structure of words and sentences in Brazilian Portuguese. In Portuguese.
SUA LINGUA (http://www.terra.com.br/sualingua/index2.htm)
An online site for Brazilian Portuguese grammar. In Portuguese.
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