Antenor de Veras Nascentes (1886–1972) was a Brazilian philologist, etymologist, and lexicographer. He wrote the first etymological dictionary of Brazil.[1] He also had an interest in dialect and experimental phonetics.[2] He did analysis of popular speech in Rio de Janeiro in 1922.[3] In 1962 he won the Prêmio Machado de Assis.[4]
References edit
- ^ Rebecca Posner; John N. Green (1982). Language and Philology in Romance. Walter de Gruyter. p. 418. ISBN 978-90-279-7906-3.
- ^ Sayers (1999). Portugal and Brazil in Transitn. University of Minnesota Press. pp. 61, 63, & 70. ISBN 978-0-8166-0499-9.
- ^ Milton M. Azevedo (13 January 2005). Portuguese: A Linguistic Introduction. Cambridge University Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-521-80515-5.
- ^ Jornal de Letras, pg 10 (PDF)
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