The orthography is also people. Talk as Brazilians or with Brazilians?

Abstract

According with the Portuguese imaginary, Brazil as a country and the Brazilian as it has been glossed in Portuguese culture since Pero Vaz de Caminha`s letter. Thus, what does it mean to postulate the existence of a Brazilian language, which is also ring-fenced in relation to the matrix language that is Portuguese, a language of colonial diffusion and deployment. In order to achieve the purpose of this paper, As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor (1867) by Júlio Dinis e O Crime do Padre Amaro by Eça de Queirós will be taken as a starting point, both are testimonies collected in Portuguese fiction of the nineteenth century.