Journal | Rassegna iberistica
Journal issue | 47 | 121 | 2024
Review | The Question of Language in Ana de Castro Osório

The Question of Language in Ana de Castro Osório

Abstract
Although the Portuguese writer, activist and publicist Ana de Castro Osório (1872-1935) did not write any works specifically dedicated to the issue of language, some of her writings reveal her understanding of the Portuguese language as an essential element of identity, intrinsically linked to the nationʼs civilizing mission. In particular, in the years of the First Portuguese Republic (1910-26) several of her works, including children’s books, lectures and activist texts, make repeated references to linguistic identity and to Brazil as a bastion of the Portuguese language and civilization.


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Submitted: April 9, 2024 | Published June 26, 2024 | Language: pt

Keywords Orthographic reform • Portuguese language • Language issue • Luso-Brazilianism • Ana de Castro Osório • Língua portuguesa • Questão da língua • Luso-brasileirismo • Reforma ortográfica

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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Ri/2037-6588/2024/22/012


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