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Publication of: Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
Area: Lingüística, Letras E Artes
ISSN printed version: 0002-5216
ISSN online version: 1981-5794
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Our Mission

To encourage the dissemination of ideas, proposals and research findings related to different theoretical and methodological perspectives in the field of language studies, both in Brazil and abroad. Alfa´s regular issues (published twice a year) and special ones (published acoording to editorial interest) welcome papers, retrospectives, book reviews, interviews, and translations in any of the various branches of Linguistics.

Most recent issue

Alfa: Revista de Linguística (São José do Rio Preto), Volume: 70, Published: 2026

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Volume: 70 - Publicado em: 2026-06-15
Local and supralocal norms in in the process of linguistic (re)accommodation in return migration
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Acoustic dispersion scales for stressed falling diphthongs in two portuguese varieties: portuguese of são tomé and príncipe and brazilian portuguese

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Our Mission

To encourage the dissemination of ideas, proposals and research findings related to different theoretical and methodological perspectives in the field of language studies, both in Brazil and abroad. Alfa´s regular issues (published twice a year) and special ones (published acoording to editorial interest) welcome papers, retrospectives, book reviews, interviews, and translations in any of the various branches of Linguistics.

Most recent issue

Alfa: Revista de Linguística (São José do Rio Preto), Volume: 70, Published: 2026

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recentes

Volume: 70 - Publicado em: 2026-06-15
Local and supralocal norms in in the process of linguistic (re)accommodation in return migration
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Acoustic dispersion scales for stressed falling diphthongs in two portuguese varieties: portuguese of são tomé and príncipe and brazilian portuguese

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