A variação nós e a gente na posição de sujeito na comunidade quilombola Serra das Viúvas/Água Branca - AL

Abstract

In this study, we trace the sociolinguistic profile of the non-schooled speakers of the quilombola community Serra das Viúvas Água Branca - AL in relation to the variation of "nós" and "a gente" in the subject position, in order to analyze how this variation occurs in the community. For the development of this research, we used the methodological theoretical assumptions of the Theory of Variation and Linguistic Change (LABOV, 2008[1972]) that deals with variation and linguistic change and discusses the variable uses of language in its social context. Thus, after delimiting the dependent variable, we delimited the independent variables selected as potentially relevant in the variation under study, namely, formal parallelism, subject filling, morphic mark, phonic salience, verbal time, referent determination, sex / gender and age group. After delimiting the dependent and independent variables, we analyzed and coded all constructions with the application of the first person plural. For the quantitative analysis of the data, we used the computer program GoldVarb X (SANKOFF; TAGLIAMONTE; SMITH, 2005)Mthat delimited the statistically non-significant variables and the statistically significant variable in the study variation, showing that there is a variation of "nós" and "a gente" in the studied community, and that the variant we are preferred to occupy the first person plural pronoun position, however, the results show that there is a dispute between the two variables, and that of all the variables analyzed in this work, the variation is conditioned by the formal parallelism factors , morphic mark, age group, sex / gender, subject filling and referent determination, leading us to argue that, in the speech of quilombolas who are not schooled, the first person plural pronoun position is a variable phenomenon.