First Language Attrition: The Effects of English (L2) on Brazilian Portuguese VOT Patterns in an L1-Dominant Environment

Autores

  • Laura Castilhos Schereschewsky Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Felipe Flores Kupske Universidade Federal da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2017.2.26365

Palavras-chave:

Sistemas adaptativos complexos, Atrito linguístico, Voice Onset Time.

Resumo

*Atrito de língua materna: os efeitos do inglês (L2) nos padrões de VOT do português brasileiro em um ambiente de L1 dominante*

Partindo de uma visão de linguagem como um Sistema Adaptativo Complexo (CAS) (BECKNER et al., 2009; DE BOT et al., 2013), este trabalho discute o atrito linguístico. Seguindo esse trabalho, neste estudo, verificamos possíveis efeitos de atrito no português entre aprendizes de inglês residentes no Brasil (contexto de L1 dominante). Analisamos o VOT (Voice Onset Time) de plosivas bilabiais e velares, surdas e sonoras, em posição inicial de palavra do PB. Participaram do estudo 33 sujeitos, residentes em Porto Alegre. Os participantes foram divididos em 3 grupos (11 monolíngues do PB, 11 aprendizes de inglês de nível intermediário e 11 aprendizes avançados). Todos os participantes realizaram, individualmente, um teste de leitura de palavras do PB. Testes ANOVA demonstraram uma diferença significativa entre os grupos nas produções em português referentes à consoante velar surda, sugerindo o atrito nesse segmento. Não foram, entretanto, encontradas diferenças significativas entre aprendizes de nível intermediário e avançado. Os resultados, ainda que sugiram que o atrito seja menos comum em contextos de L1 dominante, não nos permitem descartar a possibilidade de ocorrência de tal fenômeno, provendo evidências de que, em contexto bilíngue, a transferência linguística possa ser bidirecional.

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Biografia do Autor

Laura Castilhos Schereschewsky, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Estudante de Bacharelado em Letras, com ênfase em Português e Inglês, pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). 

Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutor em Letras (PUCRS, 2000). Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da UFRGS.

Felipe Flores Kupske, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Doutor em Letras (UFRGS, 2016). Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA).

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Schereschewsky, L. C., Alves, U. K., & Kupske, F. F. (2018). First Language Attrition: The Effects of English (L2) on Brazilian Portuguese VOT Patterns in an L1-Dominant Environment. Letrônica, 10(2), 700–716. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2017.2.26365