The effects of typological proximity between Portuguese and Spanish on the use of derived words in PFL

Tânia Santos Ferreira; Rui Pereira

The effects of typological proximity between Portuguese and Spanish on the use of derived words in PFL

Santos Ferreira, Tânia ^[1] ; Pereira, Rui ^[2]
1. [1] University of Macau
  
  University of Macau
  
  RAE de Macao (China)
2. [2] Universidade de Coimbra
  
  Universidade de Coimbra
  
  Coimbra (Sé Nova), Portugal
Localización: Porta Linguarum: revista internacional de didáctica de las lenguas extranjeras, ISSN 1697-7467, Nº. 46, 2026, págs. 287-304
Idioma: inglés
Títulos paralelos:
- Efectos de la proximidad tipológica entre el portugués y el español en el uso de palabras derivadas en PLE
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Resumen
- español
  En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de un estudio sobre los efectos de la proximidad tipológica entre el portugués y el español en el uso de palabras derivadas (PD) por parte de aprendientes de portugués como lengua extranjera (PLE) en diferentes etapas de su desarrollo (inter)lingüístico.
  
  Basado en un análisis comparativo de las construcciones lexicogenéticas empleadas en un corpus de textos escritos por aprendientes de PLE en contexto de inmersión y sus equivalentes en español, el estudio evalúa el grado de coincidencia entre los esquemas de construcción de palabras y los constituyentes morfolexicales (bases y afijos) en ambas lenguas, con el fin de determinar cómo este conocimiento influye en la producción de palabras derivadas en distintos niveles de competencia (de A1 a C1).
  
  Según los datos obtenidos, los aprendientes cuya lengua materna es el español aplican con gran precisión (un promedio del 85,7 %) los esquemas construccionales del portugués, en consonancia con el alto grado de coincidencia de los patrones y afijos empleados en ambas lenguas. Las desviaciones observadas, además de ser poco significativas, se concentran principalmente en la representación gráfica de las bases léxicas.
- English
  In this paper, we present the results of a study on the effects of typological proximity between Portuguese and Spanish on the use of derived words (DW) by learners of Portuguese as a foreign language (PFL) at different stages of their (inter)linguistic development. Based on a comparative study of the lexicogenetic constructions used in a corpus of texts written by PFL learners in immersion and their Spanish counterparts, we assess the extent of the coincidence of word construction patterns and morpholexical constituents (bases and affixes) in the two languages, in order to gauge how this knowledge influences the production of derived words at different levels of proficiency (from A1 to C1). According to the data collected, learners who have Spanish as their L1 accurately instantiate (85.7% on average) the construction patterns of Portuguese, in line with the high degree of coincidence of the patterns and affixes used in these two languages. The deviations, in addition to being insignificant, mainly concern the graphic representation of lexical bases.
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