Uma Análise sociolinguística das variantes da lateral palatal /ʎ/ no português falado pela comunidade quilombola Alto Alegre-BA

Abstract

The present work is based on the theoretical principles of Variationist Sociolinguistics. Its main objective was to analyze the factors of linguistic and social nature that condition variants of the lateral palatal / ʎ / in Brazilian Portuguese spoken by the Alto Alegre-BA community. The community is located in the town of Presidente Tancredo Neves, 263 kilometers from Salvador, certified in 2008 by the Palmares Cultural Foundation as a remnant of quilombo. The data analyzed are from the research project A variação em coda silábica no português quilombola da comunidade Alto Alegre: análise sociolinguística, coordinated by professor Dr. Gredson dos Santos. This sample consists of 600 occurrences of / ʎ /, extracted from the informal speech of six men and six non-schooling women, from the community of Alto Alegre, randomly chosen, considering three age groups: range I (20 to 40 years), range II (40 to 60 years) and range III (above 60 years). Data were analyzed using GoldVarb X's computer program. The results showed that the community uses the maintenance of the palatal side (53.2%) as the socially prestigious variant, but it was found that the stigmatized variants [y] [1] and [ø] present a significant number of occurrences, especially the variant [y], which results in the phenomenon of iotization.