Variação lexical em seis municípios da mesorregião sudeste paraense

Abstract

This thesis aims to identify and map the central lexical variation of the portuguese spoken in rural six counties mesoregion of Southeastern Pará: Curionópolis, Itupiranga, Santana do Araguaia, São Félix do Xingu, São João do Araguaia and Tucuruí. This mesoregion presents considerable importance in the socio-political-economic-cultural scenario in the state of Pará. The research is guided by assumptions of dialectology, under the method of geolinguistics. This work integrates project GeoLinTerm, but with specific research project ALiPA shaft. It was done a roundup of some work done over the geolinguísticos studies. The methodology involved the application of a questionnaire adapted, containing fourteen semantic fields, to be answered by informants previously selected. The data collected in six counties object of research records contain speech of 22 informants in rural Southeast mesoregion Paraense, within the methodological profile established by ALiPA. After collection, data processing was with the selection, transcription, preparation of 30 letters and description the results. Of the 256 questions in the questionnaire, we selected the 30 most frequent and greater variation to be developed in the cards. Then the letters, show occurrences by location, gender and age.