This paper aims to show from a functional-pragmatic point of view, how the Portuguese verb ir+infinitive integrates the paradigm of the Portuguese modal verbs. At the same time the classification of ir as a temporal auxiliary verb is questioned.

O objetivo deste artigo é mostrar como, numa perspectiva da pragmática funcional, o verbo p…[Read more]

This paper analyzes the discursive strategies employed by Inácio Lula da Silva and Geraldo Alckmin during the first presidential election TV debate in Brazilian history between a president in office (Lula) and an opposition candidate (Alckmin) in 2006. Special attention is paid to those discursive strategies which were used by the candidates in…[Read more]

This chapter aims at analyzing the following questions about Bolsonaro’s 2018 election manifesto: Which are the consequences for the presentation of its content and the candidate’s ethos of presenting an electoral manifesto in form of a power point? What are the functions of the religious text parts for the candidate’s ethos? Which hierarchy of ex…[Read more]

This paper argues in favour of the existence of a modal variant of the Portuguese particle ‘aí’ which Franco (1991) did not yet consider in his seminal work on modal particles in Portuguese.
First, the differences between ‘aí’ as a modal particle and ‘aí’ as a local adverb are discussed. Then follows a description of the restrictions of use of th…[Read more]

This article analyses the image of the three abrahamic religions in the recent political programs of the French Front National (2012 und 2017) in a comparative perspective with other successful populist radical right-wing parties in EU-Countries of continental Western and Northern Europe. It will be shown that even if there is a common tendency of…[Read more]

This volume contains the program, the descriptions of the thematic panels and the abstracts of the plenary lectures and communications of the 15th Congress of the German Association of Lusitanists, which took place from September 19 to 23, 2023 at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau.

Este volume contém a programação, as descrições das…[Read more]