But have you ever seen a werewolf? The anaphoric strategies of the direct object

2024-12-27T20:33:56+00:00

This paper analyzes the strategies of anaphora of the direct object in the Maracujá community, correlating them with social and linguistic factors. This phenomenon, essential for differentiating between language variants, has attracted the attention of many researchers in recent years. The anaphoric direct object (ODA) not only illustrates the particularities of Brazilian Portuguese, but also serves as an indicator of the social interactions and linguistic hierarchies present in the speech communities. Following the theoretical-methodological assumptions of variationist sociolinguistics (Weinreich; Labov; Herzog, 2006; Labov, 2008). In this first description made with the data collected, the preference of the speakers for the use of the empty category (70%), anaphoric noun phrase (17%) and the lexical pronoun (13%) was recorded, there were no resumptions with the accusative clitic. The analysis took into account the semantic trait and the social variables gender and age group, verifying to what extent the sex of the the informant, age group and animacy of the referent can influence variable use. The analysis of the distribution of the empty category and lexical pronoun variants according to the semantic trait of animacity reveals that pronominal choices in rural Afro-Brazilian Portuguese are strongly influenced by the animated status of the antecedent. Connecting with the classic research of Duarte (1986), Cyrino (1994), Figueiredo (2004). The results found in this analysis with the preliminary data allowed to make a previous description of the behavior of the Passion Fruit community in relation to the phenomenon.

BRA, BIKINI OR BREAST CARRIER?

2024-12-27T19:23:01+00:00

How do young and old refer to the item of clothing that women wear to hold their breasts? Is the way to name this piece today the same as it used to be? For the purpose of seeking answers to such questions, the present work aims to perform a semantic-lexical study based on the data found in the Linguistic Atlas of Brazil Project (ALiB). A discussion will be presented around question 188 of the ALiB questionnaire regarding clothing and accessories items: "What is the name of the garment that serves to hold the breasts?" (NATIONAL COMMITTEE, 2001, p.37). Following the guidelines of the ALiB Project, based, in turn, on the methodology of Multidimensional Geolinguistic research, Following the guidelines of the ALiB Project, based, in turn, on the methodology of Multidimensional Geolinguistic research, quantitative and qualitative analyses of the answers given by informants in age groups I and II were performed, of the male and female sexes, with elementary schooling. The interviewees are natural residents of the localities of Ipatinga, Passos, Formiga, Ouro Preto, Viçosa, Lavras, São João del Rei, Muriaé, Poços de Caldas, Juiz de Fora and Itajubá, belonging to the state of Minas Gerais. Moreover, at first, this research has as its theoretical foundation the work of Paim (2014; 2019), as well as online dictionaries of Portuguese language: Caldas Aulete and Michaelis. Thus, the variants bra, bikini, and breast-holder (the oldest) were found.

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But have you ever seen a werewolf? The anaphoric strategies of the direct object

BRA, BIKINI OR BREAST CARRIER?