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- Title
NEOLOGISMOS: NO PORTUGUÊS DE RORAIMA.
- Authors
dos Santos Procópio, Eliabe; Oliveira Silva, Everton
- Abstract
The present study identifies and characterizes neologisms in the Brazilian Portuguese spoken in the Northern state of Roraima. To this end, it discusses the concept of neologism (ALVES, 1996; GUILBERT, 1973) and its classification criteria (MATIELLO, 2017; JESUS, 2018; CARVALHO, 2009); its methodology is based on Hartmann and James (1998), and comprises the use of the introspection method, textual research (compilation of a corpus), the collection of informal conversations and comparison between collected data and general dictionaries and corpora. The results indicate that (1) some neologisms are typical (they seem to be used across the Northern region of Brazil),whereas others are specific to the state of Roraima; as the former were found to be prevalent, this confirms the relationship between Roraima Portuguese and other Northern varieties; (2) the neologism pattern is formal, which makes it possible to create new lexical units based on previous models (by analogy); (3) loan-type neologisms come from contact with indigenous peoples and with Venezuelans; (4) there are many Tupi-based neologisms, and they are already included in dictionaries; (5) loans from other indigenous languages are scarce, due to colonizing policies that sought to erase autochthonous cultures; (6) no Anglicisms from Guyana were found, despite the intense border exchange with the neighboring country; and (7) general Portuguese dictionaries present inconsistencies as to dating, initials and location of words linked to the Roraima context.
- Subjects
RORAIMA (Brazil); GUYANA; INDIGENOUS peoples of South America; DATA dictionaries; PORTUGUESE language; NEW words; INDIGENOUS peoples
- Publication
Muiraquitã: Revista de Letras e Humanidades, 2022, Vol 10, Issue 2, p246
- ISSN
1807-1856
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29327/210932.10.2-16