The present article shows reverence to Mattoso Câmara's work as a relevant part of the historical process of language studies in Brazil, within the period that goes from the early 1940s to the end of the 1960s, in which the most significative intellectual contribution of the celebrated author was produced. Especially noteworthy are: the search for general principles applicable to any language; the structuralist background in the description of Portuguese; and the anthopological approach to language.
Mattoso Câmara; Structuralism; Linguistics and Anthropology