Conectores de enunciados em Sateré-Mawé

Abstract

This dissertation presents a description and analysis of language units that function as connectors of sentences in Sateré-Mawé language. This language is only member of the linguistic family Sateré-Mawé, belonging to the Tupi (Cf. RODRIGUES, 2002). Its speakers inhabit mostly the region of the middle area of Amazon Indigenous Lands in Andira-Marau, located in the state of Amazonas, in the border with the state of Pará, and its population is 12,000 people (cf. SESAI, 2014). This research is part of a broader project of \"Description and analysis of morphosyntactic aspects of Sateré-Mawé language\" coordinated by Dr. Dulce do Carmo Franceschini - UFU and is based on the theoretical framework of descriptive linguistics, from the standpoint of European structural functionalism from French line, based mainly on André Martinet (1972), Claude Hagège (1982) and Denis Creissels (2006), among other authors. This work also fits into the paradigm of action research, a working methodology that implies a greater involvement of the researcher with the group involved in the research. The corpus selected for this work consists on statements extracted from narratives written by indigenous Sateré-Mawe teachers and published in the form of books. In the corpus, 13 units that function as connectors Sateré-Mawé were identified. However, it was only possible to analyze the morphosyntactic and semantic-operation of seven of functional units, namely: {ma ato}, {pyno}, {tupono}, {sio}, {pote}, {turan} and {mi ite}. It is intended, through this research, to contribute to the understanding of the functioning of Sateré-Mawé language, its documentation, and especially its revitalization, from the dissemination of the results of our research among indigenous teachers, which, in a way, are co-authors of this work.