“Neologismos decolando na velocidade da luz”: diferenças na fala dos jogadores brasileiros de Pokémon Go

Abstract

This work presents an analysis of linguistic variations, with the main focus on Neologisms that arise from communication between the members of different groups, and the gamers and users of the game Pokémon Go are analyzed. From this, a study was made about the characteristics in the language of this community that differentiate it from the language of other people and social groups and whether these differences interfere in the understanding of those who listen to them. Thus its objective is to analyze the variations in the language of this group, understand how and why they arise, and the role of social communication for the creation of new words, be it communication in face-toface conversations or through the media digital online. For the realization of this research, the studies of Carvalho (1984), Tarallo (1990) and Bortoni-Ricardo (2014) were approached as the main theori-cos contributions. Screenshots in The Garanhuns-PE City Game WhatAapp groups and analyzing game videos made by game-pains. The results bring a clearer understanding of the language of this group, from its origins to the reasons and preferences for the use of term determives, and to understanding the meanings of each of them. The whole study had a great basis in sociolinguistic research, studies by Neologis-mos and on the influence of games on communication.