Contribuições da Geolinguística nordestina ao estudo de um fato em variação: a ditongação diante de /S/

Abstract

In this article, we analyze the diphthongization in closed syllables ending with /S/ in areas of Northeastern Brazil. The remarks are made from what has been recorded and published so far by Northeastern Geolinguistic regarding four out of its nine states: Atlas Prévio dos FalaresBaianos (ROSSI et al, 1963), Atlas Linguístico da Paraíba (ARAGÃO; MENESES, 1984), Atlas Linguístico de Sergipe (FERREIRA et al, 1987), Atlas Linguístico de Sergipe II (CARDOSO, 2005) and Atlas Linguístico do Ceará (BESSA, 2010). The description proposed here highlights, besides the diatopical distribution of the fact, some linguistics aspects such as the quality of the diphthongized vowel, the tonicity of the syllable and its position in the word. The data was collected from what it is recorded on linguistic cartograms and it was organized in tables and maps. The aim was collaborating with the characterization of the phenomenon, seen, by some, as a peculiarity of Brazilian Portuguese in the light of collected data methodically. Finally, it was perceived that the little recorded information in relation to diphthongization in closed syllables ending with /S/ reveals divergences among the speakers in the analyzed areas, being impossible to establish comparisonsprecisely due to the specificities of each atlas.