Research area Portuguese

Research in Portuguese at Stockholm University focuses on the languages, literatures and cultures of the Portuguese-speaking world.

The research area generates studies in the fields of linguistics and literary studies and includes, but is not limited to, the following fields: linguistic variation and change in different sociohistorical contexts, language and power, language and identity, language and dialect contact, multilingualism, endangered and minority languages, language-in-education policies, autofiction, historiographical metafiction, the historical novel as well as comparative literature studies.

Lusophone literature

Research in the field of Lusophone literature at Stockholm University explores various perspectives and expressions in works by African, European, and South American authors who write in Portuguese.

Portuguese Linguistics

Portuguese linguistics examines how Portuguese is structured, used over time. Why do grammar and vocabulary change? How do new expressions emerge, and why do some become a lasting part of the language? Research in this field explores both linguistic factors and the interplay between language, history, geography, and society.

Portuguese Second Language Acquisition

In all the varieties of Portuguese in Africa, Asia and Brazil, Portuguese has historically been, or is still, spoken mainly as a second language. Portuguese is also spoken as a second language by large immigrant communities in Portugal.

Portuguese Sociolinguistics

Sociolinguistics examines the relationship between language and society. Why do people speak differently in different settings? How is language connected to identity, power, and belonging? And what happens to languages when people, cultures, and languages come into contact?