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História do Português desde o Big Bang

História do Português desde o Big Bang

An history of Portuguese since the Big Bang.

2021

Stories

Pinned

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Language Travels

A Short History of Portuguese (and the World) in 10 Words

To celebrate World Portuguese Language Day (May 5th), we take a journey through the combined history of Portuguese and the world — in 10…

13 min readMay 5, 2023

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A Short History of Portuguese (and the World) in 10 Words

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Language Travels

Why does Norway have two names?

The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Jon Fosse, who writes in Nynorsk, one of the two official standards of Norwegian. The…

7 min readOct 5, 2023

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Why does Norway have two names?

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Language Travels

The woman who hated Catalan

Let’s hear the story of the Portuguese woman who didn’t like Catalan; the Barcelona man who didn’t like Catalonia; the priest who was…

14 min readAug 12, 2023

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The woman who hated Catalan

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Marco Neves

The Strange Case of the English Princess Who Knew Two Languages

A while ago, I read an enthusiastic piece of news in the British newspaper The Independent: Princess Charlotte, daughter of William and…

6 min readJun 5, 2023

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The Strange Case of the English Princess Who Knew Two Languages

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Cellar Door

The History of the “Galaxy,” from Chaucer to the Clash with Andromeda

The meaning of the word “galaxy” changed through the centuries, as did our understanding of the Universe

7 min readMay 31, 2023

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The History of the “Galaxy,” from Chaucer to the Clash with Andromeda

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Language Travels

The Languages of Europe’s Five Smallest Countries

Tiny countries are fascinating. They always remind me of fairy tales (“there was a small kingdom where everybody was happy”), even if with…

9 min readMar 27, 2022

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The Languages of Europe’s Five Smallest Countries

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Livros e outras viagens

Figos portugueses em livrarias inglesas

Às vezes, basta o cheiro de um bolo para nos recordar os dias da infância. No meu caso, foi um pouco mais complicado: meteu ingleses à…

1 min readNov 2, 2021

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Figos portugueses em livrarias inglesas

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Livros e outras viagens

Figos portugueses em livrarias inglesas

Às vezes, basta o cheiro de um bolo para nos recordar os dias da infância. No meu caso, foi um pouco mais complicado: meteu ingleses à…

5 min readNov 2, 2021

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Figos portugueses em livrarias inglesas

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Livros e outras viagens

Breve História das Baleias entre Portugal e Saturno

Eis o relato de uma viagem a bordo de um livro, que começa numa igreja portuguesa e acaba na órbita de Saturno, com baleias lá pelo meio.

16 min readOct 28, 2021

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Breve História das Baleias entre Portugal e Saturno

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Language Travels

The languages of Afghanistan (and the origin of “orange”)

Where did the word “orange” come from? Before we discover its origin, let’s talk about the languages of a country that has been in the news…

3 min readSep 10, 2021

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The languages of Afghanistan (and the origin of “orange”)

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Marco Neves

Marco Neves

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Writer of non-fiction books on language and translation. Assistant Professor at NOVA University of Lisbon. Researcher at CETAPS.

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