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Shop signs in some small towns in northern Portugal

2004; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 20; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0266078404001099

1474-0567

Penny Stewart, Richard Fawcett,

Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies

THIS paper describes the frequency of languages other than Portuguese in shop signs located in six towns, all in northwestern Portugal and close to the border with Spain, each ranging in size from a year-round population of 600 to one of 4,400. One of the towns, Fermentelos, lies slightly southeast of Aveiro. The other five – Afife, Arcos de Valdevez, Caminha, Ponte da Barca, and Vila Praia de Ancora – are north of Porto. The most frequently occurring non-Portuguese phrase in this six-town project was snack bar .