Palatalização de oclusivas alveolares na falares alagoanos

Abstract

This paper has as its goal an analysis of alveolar occlusives palatalization /t/ and /d/, when followed by /i/, in a sociolinguistic variationist perspective. For that, was achieved quantitative research, which has a database with performed interviews itself, among Alagoas native speakers, using an oral narrative methodology, which were the data according a variant studied, extracted from. The goal of this study is to investigate the varieties which are directly linked to the occurrence of palatalization and in what way they favor or disfavor this phenomenon, evaluating whether the variation is stable or refers to a change of course. Lastly, it got to the conclusion that there are varieties more significant than others in a relation to the realization of the variant in matter, for instance, a social variant that shows an interaction between age and scholarship, which allowed us to think about the positives and negatives social values regarding alveolar occlusives palatalization. In certain age group and level of scholarship the variant is stigmatized, though in another situation, it may be a great social prestige.