O acordo ortográfico de 1990 e a questão do tratamento dos compostos em língua portuguesa

Abstract

Among the many changes brought about by the new Orthographic Agreement of the Portuguese Language (1990), the proposed standard for the use of hyphen in compound words proved to be a major difficulty for language users, both common as experts. This work aims to expose information to guide the differentiation between compound words and locutions, as well as any other to aid understanding (or interpretation) of the new spelling guidelines regarding the use of hyphenated compounds. Such exposure shall come from questions received by e-mail messages sent to Centro Filológico Clóvis Monteiro (CEFIL) requesting the linguistic-grammatical consultancy service and a repertoire of reference studies on spelling and other grammatical domains that are verified relevant to the topic, emphasizing the contributions of Evanildo Bechara, a spokesman for the Brazilian Academy of Letters concerning the current orthographic agreement. Besides, an indication of tools of Corpus Linguistics that can serve as a basis for the differentiation between compound words and locutions will be made.