Aquisição e uso das formas de tratamento em português – língua estrangeira
Acquisition and Use of Forms of Address in Portuguese as a Foreign Language

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of this text is to analyse the complex system (and use) of the forms of address and how it is presented to learners of Portuguese as a foreign language. After a brief, and mainly theoretical, consideration about politeness in Linguistics, social deixis and its relation to the forms of address, this system of forms in Portuguese (European and Brazilian) is presented, as a starting point for the analysis of the kind of description that Grammars and didactic materials for foreigners usually do when they refer to the use of the various forms of address. The acquisition of this system and the way it is transmitted are also referred. The text concludes with some suggestions in order to make it easier the teaching / learning of the correct use of these forms in Portuguese.

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