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Brazilian linguist (born 1943)
Mário A. Perini
Born1943 (age 80–81)
EducationFederal University of Minas Gerais, University of Texas at Austin
Known forworks on the description of Brazilian Portuguese
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics
InstitutionsFederal University of Minas Gerais
Thesis A Grammar of Portuguese Infinitives  (1974)
Doctoral advisorC. L. Baker
Websitelattes.cnpq.br/0127519070588616

Mário Alberto Perini (born in 1943) is a Brazilian linguist known mainly for his work on the description of Brazilian Portuguese. He is professor emeritus at the Federal University of Minas Gerais; he has also taught at the University of Illinois and at the University of Mississippi. In 2021, Perini was elected Honorary Member of the Brazilian Linguistics Association.

Selected works

  • Gramática do Infinitivo Português (1977)
  • Para uma nova gramática do português (1985)
  • Sintaxe portuguesa: metodologia e funções (1989)
  • Gramática descritiva do português (1995)
  • Sofrendo a gramática: ensaios sobre a linguagem (1997)
  • Modern Portuguese: A reference grammar (2002)
  • A língua do Brasil amanhã e outros mistérios (2004)
  • Princípios de linguística descritiva: introdução ao pensamento gramatical (2006)
  • Estudos de gramática descritiva: as valências verbais (2008)
  • Gramática do português brasileiro (2010)
  • Describing verb valency: practical and theoretical issues (2015)
  • Gramática descritiva do português brasileiro (2016)
  • Thematic Relations: A Study in the Grammar-Cognition Interface (2019)
  • Function and Class in Linguistic Description: The Taxonomic Foundations of Grammar (2021)

References

  1. "Sobre língua, linguagem e Linguística: uma entrevista com Mário A. Perini" (PDF). ReVEL. 8 (14). 2010.
  2. "Linguista Mário Perini vai apresentar 'visão radical' do ensino da gramática". Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  3. "Mário Perini e Wander Miranda, da Fale, são os novos eméritos da UFMG". Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  4. "Entrevista: Há risco para a língua?". ComCiência. 2001. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  5. Barros, Larissa Rodrigues de (2016). "Perini: ato ou efeito de trabalhar". Revista do Instituto de Ciências Humanas (in Portuguese). 12 (16): 91–95. ISSN 2359-0017.
  6. "Sócios Honorários". Associação Brasileira de Linguística (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-01-18.


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