As negativas pós-verbais e as negativas duplas no falar de Fortaleza-CE: uma fotografia sociolinguística

Abstract

This work approache the use of sentential negatives, specifically, the innovative, double negative and post-verbal variants, in the Fortaleza-CE speech. The objective is verify which variant is most productive in our sample and also to analyze which linguistic and/or extralinguistic factors positively influence (or not) the use of the post-verbal negative. For this, we use the theoretical-methodological contribution of Variationist Sociolinguistics (WEINREICH; LABOV; HERZOG, 2006; LABOV, 2008). The sample analyzed in this study consists of 53 informants from the database of the Norma Oral Project of the Popular Portuguese of Fortaleza (NORPOFOR). The results indicate that double negatives tend to be more used (70.6%) than the post-verbal negatives (29.4%). Positive verbal negatives were chosen in the following order of relevance: type of subject (non-existent and implicit), type of sentence (subordinate and coordinated), other negative terms (presence), type of phrase (response and question), gender (male), schooling (9 to 11 years) and structure of the verb (simple).