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Edited by Pilar Barbosa, Maria da Conceição de Paiva and Celeste Rodrigues
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 14] 2017
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The study of variation in Portuguese

Overview and outlook

 | University of Minho, Portugal
 | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 | University of Lisbon, Portugal
Published online: 2 November 2017
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Article outline
  • 1.Current issues in the study of language variation (an overview)
  • 2.The volume
  • 3.Concluding remarks
  • Notes
  • References
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