A concordância de número no sintagma nominal: uma análise sociolinguística da língua falada em Maceió

Abstract

In this work we analyze the number of agreement in the noun phrase in the language spoken in Maceio based on theoretical and methodological assumptions of Sociolinguistics variationist. For this, we analyze speech samples of 48 informants from Maceio interviewed on everyday issues such as family and political and stratified using the following criteria: sex; education (lower education (grade 5), elementary school (6th to 9th grade), high school (completed or not) and higher education (full or not)) and age (from 16 to 35, from 36 to 55 and 56 to 80). Search to verify this research the correlation of nominal agreement and extralinguistic variables: education, age and sex; as well as with the language: linear position, part of speech and grammatical relationship of class to the core. With regard to extralinguistic variables it appears that the more educated speakers belonging to the younger age and female sex are more likely to use the nominal agreement than those with opposite characteristics. In the analysis of linguistic variables, it is observed that the part of speech shown uncorrelated with the object of analysis and the first position, articles, statements and prefixed possessive stand out as favoring the nominal agreement. When comparing these results with those achieved in Pinheiro (2012), Silva (2014) and Brandão (2011) observed that the variables education, gender and linear position correlate with similarly rated agreement in Maceio, Belo Horizonte, São Paulo and Nova Iguaçu. By comparing the variable range, however, it is observed that both Brandão (2011) and in Silva (2014) the intermediate age group stands out in the use of formal plural mark while this research the younger stand out in this use , signaling that there are peculiarities in the conditioning of the agreement in nominal capital of Alagoas.