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The pluricentric language of a left-hander who writes to you
Abstract
On May 5th, we celebrate the World Day of the Portuguese Language. By conscious political choice, this day was celebrated with cheers for what this language represents as a symbol of diversity and multiculturalism. We delight in the accents, we listen to the tones, the words that there do not mean the same as here or what we say here that is not how it is said there.
Today we clearly state that Portuguese is a pluricentric language. With various shades, with an easily perceptible variation and another one that, only by studying in depth, is known.
In this testimony that was asked to me, I leave five brief reflections, nourished by my current functions and my formation. Reflections in which the political and academic planes are mixed, because sometimes there is no way to separate them.
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