Análise do tratamento dado à variação linguística em um livro didático de língua portuguesa

Abstract

The language we speak does not have a single form. It is heterogeneous and full of variations. Suffice to just observe how we use language in order to realize that one person does not speak the same way as another. This variation is justified by the linguistic and extralinguistic factors that influence the form of communication of each speaker. The main objective of this paper is to analyze the treatment given to linguistic variation in the Portuguese language textbook. The research is characterized as one of qualitative, bibliographic and documentary nature, being justified by having the textbook as the basis of data collection. More specifically, we will approach the sociolinguistic studies, observing the forms of language variation and applying the content in the analysis of the material. To highlight, we have based our research on the following authors: Labov (2008), Tarallo (1986), ILARI and BASSO (2006), González (2015), among others, to deal with questions related to linguistic variation and the textbook, besides other correlated themes. The analysis of the textbook revealed the linguistic variation present in the analyzed chapter in such a way as to describe the forms of variation, but still limiting itself to how variation should actually be presented. Therefore, we must recognize that it is already an advance to have the presence of this theme, explained in the didactic material. Thus, it becomes pertinent to enhance the fact that language should not be treated as a homogeneous phenomenon, and that teachers should assume a heterogeneous posture, in relation to the way they deal with linguistic variations, in their teaching process.