Titre du document / Document title

Reforma ortográfica, planejamento e difusão lingüística : O caso da lingua Portuguesa = Orthographic reform, planning and linguistic diffusion : The case of Portuguese,Réforme de l'orthographe, planification et diffusion linguistique : le cas de la langue portugaise

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

SCHMITZ J. R. ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Universidade Estadual de Campinas, BRESIL

Résumé / Abstract

Garcez'(1995) seminal paper on the 1990 Luso-Brazilian Orthographic Accord presents an opportunity to point to the arbitrariness of spelling reforms in Portugal and in Brazil, particularly with respect to the use of diacritic marks (circumflex, acute and grave accents). Evidence for this statement is based on the vicissitudes of rules for written accents in Brazilian Portuguese. Garcez (1995:159) concludes that the Accord is in fact a minor spelling reform. It is the contention of this paper that the Luso-Brazilian Accord, although a diplomatic and political achievement as Garcez argues, is in fact a strategy, on one hand, to spread the Portuguese language in Africa, particularly in the former Portuguese colonies of Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and São Tomé e Príncipe, and, on the other, to construct and solidify a community of lusophone nations in geopolitical terms in world affairs. But as in the case of all instances of language planning and attempts to spread languages, the consequences of the use of Portuguese as an official language, particularly in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau, must be considered in light of the use or non-use of one or more African languages as well as Creole in these nations (Phillipson 1992, Phillipson and Skutnabb-Kangas 1995). Specialists dealing with language planning in the PALOP countries (Países Africanos de Lingua Oficial Portuguesa), must take into consideration the specific political, cultural, linguistic and ethnic situation of each nation.

Revue / Journal Title

Language problems & language planning   ISSN 0272-2690 

Source / Source

1998, vol. 22, n^o3, pp. 254-266 (1 p.1/4)

Langue / Language

Portugais
Revue : Français

Editeur / Publisher

Benjamins, Amsterdam, PAYS-BAS  (1980) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Sociolinguistics ; Linguistic policy ; Orthography ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Sociolinguistique ; Politique linguistique ; Planification linguistique ; Diffusion linguistique ; Réforme ; Système orthographique ; Orthographe ; Portugais ; Brésil ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 23889, 35400007390579.0030