O Emprego de gírias: avaliação social por falantes de Mutuípe-BA

Abstract

Slang is a sociolinguistic phenomenon employed by young people and adults of different social classes. In this sense, the work presented here, supported on theoretical principles of Sociolinguística.Alguns the work that formed the basis for this study are: Calvet (2002), Bisnoto (2007) Bagno (2007), Lucchesi (2002), Alkmim (2003), Patriot (2008), among others. What motivated us to make this study was to seek to know what sociolinguistic values are attributed to slang by people of Mutuípe. The method used in this research is the field. This research method aims to collect data from a population or certain social group, object, etc. In the field research, there was the direct participation of the researcher, as a researcher in the field of sociolinguistics need to participate directly in the interaction with the subjects participated in the study eight informants, four of the age of eighteen to twenty-five years and four informants aged between forty and five years on. We start from the assumption that older people attribute negative values to the use of slang; Furthermore, it also provided that the youth groups attribute positive values to the use of slang, slang or group identity are factors for young people. The main results confirm the assumptions made for the work.