Denominações para nuca e tornozelo a partir dos dados do APFB e do Projeto ALiB

Abstract

It is known that the language is particular in distinct times. In relation to the lexicon, some forms, in time to time, can fall in disuse; new forms can arise; others may have increased frequency of use, while another diminished. Moreover, there is the possibility of re-signification of these forms. There is, on this way, the diachronic variation: the one which occurs over time. This work aims to add knowledge to the Geolinguistics diachronic studies. It is therefore guided by the theoretical and methodological presuppositions of Dialetology and Geolinguistics. In this perspective, this study proposes to make a comparative analysis of the answers to two questions belonging to the human body lexical field and coincidents between the Atlas of Early “Baianos” Speeches (APFB) and the Linguistic Atlas of Brazil Project database (ALiB Project). These questions were applied to informants in two different times – between 1960 and 1961 (APFB) and between 2001 and 2013 (ALiB Project). There will be studied and compared nine common Bahia locations among the corpora. The comparison purpose is to verify the similarities and differences with regards to the denomination for “nape” and “ankle” items. To fulfill this goal, there will be analyzed, based on ALiB Project database, the answers to the questions 104 – “Nuca” and 118 – “Tornozelo” in 36 linguistics interviews. The results obtained are compared with the data from the linguistic maps 56 (Nuca) and 63 (Tornozelo) from APFB. The results demonstrate the diatopic variation as well as a differentiation between APFB and ALiB Project.