Adriano da Gama Kury’s little grammar: habemus Brazilian grammatical nomenclature
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Grammatical historiography, NGB, CriticismAbstract
The Small Grammar for the explanation of the new Grammatical Nomenclature, authored by Adriano da Gama Kury (1959), achieved significant editorial production in the second half of the 20th century. Its broad dissemination in academic and educational environments is the subject of analysis in this work, as it directs investigative efforts towards a possible critical reading of the productions (grammars and teaching materials) developed during a period of intense dissemination of Brazilian Grammatical Nomenclature. In this scenario, the work of the Brazilian philologist emerges as a true didactic tool to endorse and consequently disseminate the theoretical and methodological premises of nomenclature in the publishing market, thus becoming a watershed in Brazilian grammatical historiography. The analysis of the Little Grammar provides the following results for discussion: it is configured as a historical text that seeks to expand the concepts not covered by nomenclature; it is characterized by the provision of examples (without reference to literary sources) to make the reading of terms didactic for the inquirer.
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