As estratégias de focalização em português brasileiro e sateré-mawé

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present strategies of Focalization observed in some languages, more specifically, in Brazilian Portuguese and Sateré-Mawé. The first section presents the Focalization concepts proposed by Cruttenden (1997), Gonçalves (1998) and Quarezemin (2009), from generative theory. In relation to Focalization in phonology level, I present the resources employed by English and Spanish (GONÇALVES, 1999) to emphasize a constituent of a sentence. In morphology level, Tupinamba sentences (BRANDON e SEKI, 2007) illustrate a strategy employed to turn a constituent into focus. As regards the Focalization in syntax level, Spanish (CABRERA, 1999) and Tupari (BRANDON e SEKI, 2007) languages illustrate some resources whereby they highlight syntactically a sentence constituent. In relation to Portuguese, I resort to researches and data from Gonçalves (1998, 1999, 2002) and Braga et al. (2009) for illustrating the Focalization strategies which operate in phonology, morphology and syntax levels. In terms of Sateré-Mawé language, I resort to researches and data collected (in natural situations of communication) by Franceschini (1999), Spoladore (2011), Carneiro (2012), and Franceschini & Carneiro (2015), in order to elucidate the Focalization in morphology and syntax levels.