Mara Guimarães Does knowing English change the way we speak Portuguese? “Is that really how we say that in Portuguese?” – if you’ve been a speaker of English for some time now, you…
Mahayana Godoy What’s in a name? Sound symbolism and language Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare’s famous play, tells the tragic story of Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague, two young lovers who fall…
Fernando Lúcio de Oliveira Asymmetry and Third Factor What does the human language have to do with the world around? One relevant question remains unanswered: what principles in language would…
