O processo de formação, inserção e funcionamento da "Língua da Tabatinga" na cidade de Bom Despacho: investigação com suporte da Linguística de Corpus

Abstract

This thesis presents a study about the "Língua da Tabatinga" (hereinafter LT), a linguistic variety constituted from the syntax of the local Brazilian Portuguese language and the synergy between the lexicon of "banto" languages and the regional variety of Brazilian Portuguese spoken in the city of Bom Despacho–MG. The Constitution of the LT, in the city of Bom Despacho, resides in the following elementary notions: there are no linguistically homogeneous communities; heterogeneity in the formation of languages is something natural. Based on these points, the purpose of this work is to understand the process of formation, constitution, insertion and operation of the LT in the city of Bom Despacho. Therefore, we chose Corpus Linguistics for application in this study, considering that, through it, LT can be explored empirically, with reliability and objectivity. Thus, the theoretical foundation is based on Variationist Sociolinguistics (LABOV, 2008), Corpus Linguistics (BERBER SARDINHA, 2000, 2004; NOVODVORSKI and FINATTO, 2014), Lexicology (TRIER, 1934; COSERIU, 1977; KRIEGER, 2006; ABBADE, 20011) and Phraseology (PASTOR, 1996; TAGNIN, 2005). The methodology follows the guidelines of the qualiquantitative approach, using the sociolinguistic questionnaire as an instrument for data collection, through MP3 audio recordings, with subsequent orthographic transcription. The software used to analyze the data collected was Word Smith Tools, version 06 (SCOTT, 2012). From the analysis of the linguistic facts to which the analysis of the LT corpus directed this work, an analysis was weaved presenting the Tabatinga lexicon, through the organization of word lists. Subsequently, an analysis of the lexical-phraseological characteristics found in LT is proposed. Next, the identification and analysis of phraseologisms in LT comes in , focusing on the analysis of phraseological units based on nouns, verbs and adjectives. Finally, having identified the importance of nouns and verbs for the formation of utterances in LT, it was necessary to establish their structural analysis in lexical terms, using verbs and names as categories. The results showed that LT has its origins linked to "banto" languages. A considerable portion of the lexical items used during the interviews belong to LT, while grammatical words belong exclusively to the variety of Brazilian Portuguese spoken in the city of Bom Despacho. Throughout the analysis of the agreement lines generated, our attention was attracted by the polysemy that accompanies the verbs. It was possible to identify in the LT, from the recorded interviews, lexical fields with the same radical (formed by derivation and flexion) and those that belong to the same area of knowledge, highlighting in this case the fields: food, animals, human beings, daily habits and body parts. Based on the categorization of Corpas Pastor (1996), we can show that in LT, placements and locutions predominate. It is highlighted the construction of an internet page, on the gecon website, of the ILEEL of the UFU — GECon Web — whose purpose is the preservation and dissemination of LT, as intangible historical heritage of the city of Bom Despacho, providing bases for the strengthening of the relationship between language, society and culture. This work is carried out with appreciation by the Ethics Committee in research with human beings.