masterThesis
Variação entre os pronomes tu e você na função de sujeito na fala de Natal (RN): uma abordagem sociofuncionalista
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SILVA, Francielly Coelho da. Variação entre os pronomes tu e você na função de sujeito na fala de Natal (RN): uma abordagem sociofuncionalista. 2015. 102f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Estudos da Linguagem) - Centro de Ciências Humanas, Letras e Artes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2015.
Autor
Silva, Francielly Coelho da
Resumen
In this dissertation, under the light of a sociofunctionalist approach (TAVARES, 2003;
2013; GORSKI; TAVARES, 2013), I analyze 378 data of pronouns tu and você
extracted from 12 conversations belonging to Natal Conversational Data Base
(CUNHA, 2010). I have the following objectives: (i) mapping linguistic and extralinguistic
specialization trends of second person singular subject pronouns tu and
você in the speech of Natal (RN); (ii) assessing the role of the principle of persistence
(HOPPER, 1991) as a possible motivating factor of specialization trends of pronouns
tu and você; (iii) identify in which of the six pronouns subsystems proposed by
Scherre et al. (2009) is situated the speech community of Natal portrayed in this
study. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, I submitted the data to
multivariate statistical analysis, which have provided frequencies and relative
weights.I obtained, as relevant factor groups, according to the statistical analysis, the
nature of the relationship between the interlocutors (if the relationship is asymmetric,
less intimate, and more formal, the use of você is favored; if the relationship is
symmetrical, intimate and informal, the use of tu is favored); the degree of formality of
the environment in which the conversation takes place (in more informal
environments tu was favored; in more formal environments você were favored); and
the type of discourse (reported / not reported) (tu was favored in not reported
discourse and você was favored in reported discourse). Based on results regarding
to these factors groups, I organized a panorama of specializations of pronouns tu and
você, noting that tu seems specialized for more informal contexts of use than those
for which você seems specialized. The motivation underlying these trends of
specialization may be the principle of persistence, since along its historical
development, você carries a trace of greater formality or, at least, less intimacy, when
contrasted to tu. Finally, I concluded that, of the six pronoun subsystems proposed by
Scherre et al. (2009), the speech community of Natal can be framed in the fifth,
characterized by variable use of subject pronouns tu and você, with more frequent
use of você than tu, and rare occurrence of agreement of tu with second-person
singular verb.