A linguística brasileira e a influência de línguas africanas no português do Brasil

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the awareness of Brazilian Linguistics concerning the role played by African languages in Brazilian Portuguese. It analyzes two fases, the first one dating back from the 50’s to the 80’s (SILVA NETO, 1986; SILVA NETO, 1988; CÂMARA JR., 1976) and the second one starting from the 90’s, with the revival of historical studies in Brazil, as well as the emphasis then given to Brazilian Portuguese as a research object (LUCCHESI, 2000; LUCCHESI, BAXTER, RIBEIRO, 2009; PESSOA DE CASTRO, 2009; PETTER, 2009). We concluded that there are two different views, as researches on South American Portuguese, carried on without any kind of either linguistic or cultural prejudice in the past 30 years, showed this interference more clearly, with data often collected in Popular Brazilian Portuguese areas interpreted under theories such as that of intercommunitary contact. Now it’s well known this interference is not only restricted to lexical borrowings as once thought, but also extended to grammar (Morphology and Syntax).