A Nova Gramática do Português Contemporâneo. Tradição e modernidade

Abstract

In this paper we analyze the ‘Nova gramática do Português Contemporâneo’ (New Grammar of Contemporary Portuguese), written by Celso Cunha and Lindley Cintra (1985). We start from the presupposition that traditional grammar is, from the cultural and historical point of view, an important linguistic tool (Auroux, 1998) for society. Our goal is to show that traditional grammar also displays the historical aspects of the language, including data of the linguistic reality (hyperlanguage). This is a paper in linguistic historiography and intends to examine a content that, in this case, is the register of aspects of the brazilian variety of portuguese as a linguistic tool.