Variação fonológica em libras: uma análise comparativa entre sinais regionais de Pernambuco e Cear

Abstract

Linguistic variation is a natural language phenomenon. These variations range from the field of morphology, syntax, lexicon to the phonetic/phonological level, which is the focus of this work. Linguistic variation also exists because languages tend to be conditioned by linguistic and extralinguistic factors that end up greatly influencing speech, which is heterogeneous in nature. As the variation is inherent in all languages, it could not be different in BSL, even if it is a visuospatial language. This, in its turn, has its own structure, independent of the Portuguese Language. In this context, the following research deals with the phonological variation in BSL with a focus on regionalism. The objective is to make a comparative analysis between signals performed in the states of Pernambuco and Ceará. For that, 15 signs were collected and analyzed from Dicionário da Língua de Sinais do Brasil -A Libras em suas Mãos(CAPOVILLA et al., 2017). The analysis was performed on the basis of the Parameters (STOKE, 1960) Handshape (CM), Location (AP) and Movement (M), which is within the phonetic/phonological field of BSL, as well as in the theoretical considerations of Gesser (2009) and Quadros (2004), in addition to the theoretical assumptions of Variationist Sociolinguistics (LABOV, 2008 [1972]). The method used in this research was a bibliographical survey. Due to time and space, it was not possible to work with the language in its use, however, we judgedour work valid, since the objective of presenting the variation in BSL was reached, since it was possible to perceive in the results the variation in some of the observed parameters.