Do you speak cantano? An analysis of the deletion of /d/ in gerunds in spoken speech of Maceió/AL

In this paper, we analyze the deletion process of /d/ in gerunds in the city of Maceió/AL. Therefore, we developed a research based on variationist sociolinguistic from spontaneous speech data provided by 30 participants from Maceió. The results, obtained through multilevel regression methods, point...

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Autores: Almeida, Ayane Nazarela Santos de, Oliveira, Alan Jardel de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:letrônica
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/25059
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/letronica/article/view/25059
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Variationist sociolinguistics
Portuguese of Alagoas
Reduction in gerunds.
Sociolinguística variacionista
Português alagoano
Redução no gerúndio.
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Sumario:In this paper, we analyze the deletion process of /d/ in gerunds in the city of Maceió/AL. Therefore, we developed a research based on variationist sociolinguistic from spontaneous speech data provided by 30 participants from Maceió. The results, obtained through multilevel regression methods, pointed out that the deletion of /d/ in gerunds is favored among men. There is no statistically significant difference among ages, which is evidence that it is a process of permanent variation. In relation to the linguistic variables, it was found that deletion is directly proportional to the length of the word and is related to the following phonetic context, and the context ‘vowel’ is the more favorer of the deletion process.