Un dialogue atlantique

This volume uses 6 studies which chronicle linguistic work in Brazil from the second half of the 20th century. By means of different and complementary routes, it presents the decisive moments in language research from the moment when Brazil thought, focusing on generating knowledge about the Portuguese language, established direct contact with Europe, without using Portugal as an intermediary. The volume establishes the framework for the constitution of this discipline: it studies the development of discourse analysis on both sides of the Atlantic, the process of institutionalisation of the national language and the standard-setting role which they played alongside linguistic tools such as dictionaries and grammar books. It, therefore, explores the history of language sciences in Brazil and provides a fertile intellectual dialogue between Brazilian thought and European thought.