As formas de tratamento nominais mulher e minha filha no falar de Fortaleza

Abstract

Based on the Variationist Sociolinguistics and on the Semantics’ Theory of Power and Solidarity, we analyze the variable use of the treatment forms mulher vs. minha filha on the popular speech of Fortaleza. Our aim is to verify which variant is more productive and to analyze the influence of linguistic and/or extralinguistic factors about this phenomenon. The data indicate that the treatment form mulher tends to get more used in the sample analyzed. The same way, we see that the variant mulher is favorited exclusively by extralinguistic factors, such as: age (speaker with 15-25 years) and education (speakers with 5-8 years of education), in this order of relevance.