The Final Unstressed Mid Vowels Heightening In Portuguese Spoken By Descendants Of Polish Immigrants In Vista Alegre Do Prata – RS

Authors

  • Ivanete Mileski PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS

Keywords:

variação sociolinguística, vogais médias átonas finais, Vista Alegre do Prata – RS.

Abstract

This paper presents the findings of a survey on final unstressed mid vowel raising in Portuguese language spoken by descendants of Polish immigrants in the city of Vista Alegre do Prata-RS. Based on the theoretical and methodological assumptions of the Variation Theory, 24 personal experience interviews with informants from the community were carried out. The statistical analysis of data has shown us that the rule has a modest recurrence in the community, being the /o/ raising more frequent than the /e/ raising. It was also verified that linguistic and social variables affect the application of the rule for both vowels.

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Author Biography

Ivanete Mileski, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (área de concentração: Linguística). Mestre em Letras pelo mesmo programa. Licenciada em Letras e especialista em Leitura e Produção Textual pela Universidade de Caxias do Sul. Bolsista CNPq.

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Published

2013-10-14

How to Cite

Mileski, I. (2013). The Final Unstressed Mid Vowels Heightening In Portuguese Spoken By Descendants Of Polish Immigrants In Vista Alegre Do Prata – RS. Letrônica, 6(1), 47–70. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/letronica/article/view/13399

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2013): Sociolinguística Variacionista & Weltliteratur hoje

Section

Linguistics

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