Letter from Manuel Said Ali to Mattoso Camara Jr.

Authors

  • Manuel Said Ali

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18364/rc.2026n70.1518

Keywords:

letter, Joaquim Mattoso Camara Jr., Manuel Said Ali

Abstract

A letter from Manuel Said Ali to Joaquim Mattoso Camara Jr., in which the Petrópolis-born scholar reports having read and appreciated a study by the great Rio de Janeiro linguist on the verb "morar" (to live) as a preposition. The letter can and should be explored as a historical document in various dimensions, including regarding the intellectual longevity of Said Ali, who was already 78 years old at the time it was written.

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Author Biography

Manuel Said Ali

Nasceu em Petrópolis, 21 de outubro de 1861 e faleceu em Rio de Janeiro, 27 de maio de 1953. Foi um filólogo brasileiro, considerado por muitos como o maior sintaxista da língua portuguesa.

References

Camara Jr., J. Um caso de regência. ln: Miscelânea de estudos em honra de Manuel Said Ali. Rio de Janeiro, 1938. p. 49-59.

Published

2026-02-22

Issue

Section

Brazilian Archives of Linguistics and Philology