Estudo da vocalização da lateral em posição de coda na região de Antônio Prado

Abstract

Based on the theoretical assumptions of the variationist sociolinguistics (LABOV, 1972,1994), this research intends to present the study realized about the process of lateral vocalization in coda position, in the linguistic community of Antônio Prado, based on the datas obtained of the database of Serra Gaúcha (BDSer). The sample, under analysis, was formed by 20 informants (10 men e 10 women) age rages 15-30, 31-50, 51-70 and 71 years or more, of two educational levels (primary/elementary and high/university level), being 10 living in the rural area and 10 in the urban area. 1247 datas have been collected from the auditory from whom was obtained a total frequency of 31% of vocalization, which corresponds to 392 datas and 69% of velarization, which corresponds to 855 datas. The datas collected were submitted to statistics treatment using “Rbrul” program, which indicated the age factors, place of living, previous context, schooling, genre and tonicity, respectively, as being the significant variables to the process of vocalization. According to the results found, the analyzed process occurs more with people that live in the urban life, with age range 15-30 years, while the results of rural area indicated low rates of vocalization, demonstrating a greater conservatism to the consonantal trait of the segment.