Production and perception of the variable deletion of /R/ in syllabic coda in Porto Alegre Portuguese
This article is about the production, perception and linguistic evaluation of the variable deletion of /R/ in syllabic coda in Porto Alegre Portuguese (mulhe[ɾ]~mulhe[Ø] ‘woman’, po[r]que ~ po[Ø]que ‘because’, dirigi[r] ~ dirigi[Ø], ‘to drive’) based on the Theory of Variation and Change (LABOV, 200...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Associação Brasileira de Linguística (ABRALIN) |
| Repositório: | Cadernos de Linguística |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs3.cadernos.abralin.org:article/426 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://cadernos.abralin.org/index.php/cadernos/article/view/426 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Vibrante em coda silábica Fonologia Variação linguística Percepção Estilo Vibrant in coda Phonology Linguistic variation Perception Style |
| Resumo: | This article is about the production, perception and linguistic evaluation of the variable deletion of /R/ in syllabic coda in Porto Alegre Portuguese (mulhe[ɾ]~mulhe[Ø] ‘woman’, po[r]que ~ po[Ø]que ‘because’, dirigi[r] ~ dirigi[Ø], ‘to drive’) based on the Theory of Variation and Change (LABOV, 2008) and on theories of perception, attitude and linguistic evaluation (LAMBERT et al., 1960, GILES; BILLINGS, 2004, PRESTON, 2003, ECKERT, 2004, 2005, 2008). A review of previous studies (CALLOU; LEITE; MORAES, 2002, MONARETTO, 2002, OUSHIRO; MENDES, 2015) suggests that the deletion of /R/ in coda is in progress in Brazilian Portuguese varieties. The objectives of the article are (1) to clarify the linguistic and social factors correlated to the deletion of /R/ in syllabic coda in Porto Alegre Portuguese, (2) to verify whether the deletion has social meanings. Two analyzes were carried out: quantitative (TAGLIAMONTE, 2007) with the R software, on speech data from 16 sociolinguistic interviews from LinguaPOA (2015-2019); and a pilot test of perception and linguistic evaluation with the matched-guise technique (LAMBERT et al., 1960). Quantitative analysis reveals that the deletion of /R/ in Porto Alegre is predominantly conditioned by linguistic variables and appears to be progressing in the community. The pilot test indicates that deletion is perceived and evaluated in contrast to non-deletion and suggests that the variable has social meanings. Mapping the variable's social meanings to its indexical field (ECKERT, 2004, 2008) suggests that deletion indexes social meanings related to less beautiful and less young personae. |
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