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Faraco, C. A. (2016). História sociopolítica da língua portuguesa. São Paulo: Parábola Editora.

2018; University of Minho; Volume: 34; Linguagem: Inglês

10.17231/comsoc.34(2018).2962

2183-3575

Micaela Ramon,

Linguistics and Education Research

História sociopolítica da língua portuguesa [Sociopolitical history of the Portuguese language] was published in 2016 by Carlos Alberto Faraco and constitutes a very important work by the renowned Brazilian linguist. At the time Faraco was the coordinator of the National Committee of Brazil with the Instituto Internacional da Língua Portuguesa (IILP) [International Institute of the Portuguese Language], an institution pertaining to the Comunidade de Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP) [Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries] whose goals, according to its statutes, consist in: “the promotion, safekeeping, enrichment and dissemination of the Portuguese language as a means of promoting culture, education, information and access to scientific, technologic knowledge, and officially used in international forums”...