Nós e a gente na fala de uma criança: um estudo de caso

Abstract

In this research, we did make a case study of a child (J) in the process of acquiring language, in the perspective theoretical methodology of generative theory, more precisely the Principles and Parameters model (Chomsky 1981 and following) aiming to analyze the pronominal PB paradigm, especially the rotation that is occurring between the two forms of the first plural person (nós and a gente) in the subject position. Thus, it seeks to describe how is child’s internalized grammar, who during the research had 3;1 - 3;7, and a comparison with adult speech. To examine how adults are using the pronoun forms in question use the results of research in sociolinguistics, understanding that this theory describes the use that speakers are making PB synchronously. The corpus of work consists of six audio and video recordings collected longitudinally, with naturalistic character and were transcribed orthographically. The results show that J has a mix of achievements of pronoun forms nós and a gente with a gente in prevalence of nós and with some of the adult grammar distinctions for nós.