(English/Portuguese) Ecolinguisticamente Rimando em Português e Inglês
POETRY FORMAT, 22 Sep 2014
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service
Ecolinquistical Rhymes in English and Portuguese
ENG.
When ecolinguistically we metaphorize
Environmental inspiration let´s recognize
When to natural elevations our emotions we associate
Let´s keep climbing and higher metaphors let’s create
When into a sea of controversy an environmental issue is transformed
Let’s do our best and assure Humankind that decisions are deeply informed
PORT.
Quando ecolinguisticamente metaforizamos
A inspiração de natureza ambiental reconheçamos
Quando a montanhas e montes nossas emoções associamos
Continuemos a subida e metáforas mais elevadas alcançamos
Quando um problema ambiental em um mar de controvérsias é transformado
Empenhemo-nos em assegurar à Humanidade o melhor caminho encontrado
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ENG.: Francisco Gomes de Matos, Ph.D. is an applied peace linguist from Recife, Brazil. He has degrees in Languages, Law, and Linguistics. He is Professor Emeritus at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco where he is active in the Dom Hélder Camara Human Rights Commission. He is one of the pioneers in Linguistic Rights (author of 1984 Plea for a Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights) and in the emerging area of Peace Linguistics. Currently he is President of the Board, Associação Brasil América (www.abaweb.org). He can be reached at fcardosogomesdematos@gmail.com.
PORT.: Francisco Gomes de Matos, Professor Emérito de Linguística, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil, é um linguista de paz e educador de direitos humanos. Ele é autor, entre outros livros, de Nurturing Nonkilling: A Poetic Plantation, 2010, Center for Global Nonkilling, Honolulu-Hawai’i (www.nonkilling.org), e de Dignity-A Multidimensional View. Dignity Press, 2013 (www.dignitypress.org). fcardosogomesdematos@gmail.com.
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