Os verbos botar e colocar em Salvador e Porto Alegre: um estudo variacionista nos dados do Atlas Linguístico do Brasil

Abstract

Based on the theoretical-methodological assumptions of the Variationist sociolinguistics (LABOV, 2008; WEINREICH LABOV HERZOG, 2006), this work aims to analyze the variation between the verbal forms botar and colocar in order to put, speak of Salvador, capital of Bahia, and Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul, from data extracted from the linguistic Atlas of Brazil (ALiB). The sample consisted of 16 informants stratified by gender, age, schooling and locality. The research included three rounds: a general with the two capitals, one with Salvador and the other only with Porto Alegre. Of the seven independent controlled variables, only the groups of factors discursive topic and schooling were selected as relevant for the verb botar. The analysis in this study led us to conclude that the use of the verb botar is frequent in the data examined, overlapping with its competitor variant. Although it occurs in smaller numbers, the variant colocar was also frequent, with 33.5% of the total occurrences.