Uma análise semântico-lexical da fala dos agricultores do município de Potiretama-CE

Abstract

This research presents an analysis of the lexical-semantic aspects related to the vocabulary of agriculture found in the speech of farmers in Potiretama town-CE. For such a task, we have conducted a field survey through a questionnaire of onomasiological type, with direct questions that start from the meaning to obtain the specific linguistic forms to their correspondents to a group of farmers from Baixinha place, in the countryside of the studied town. For recording those designations, we have applied graphematic writing to show the data according to the speech of the informants representing the oral modality of the language, and for transcription of lexias, we have followed the standard of language. Data analysis was performed through quantitative perspective, allowing us the perception of the frequency of the variants mentioned; and qualitative, which favored detailed description of lexical forms collected. The result was that the lexicon of the potiretamenses farmers is quite variable among the interviewed generations and authenticates the cultural and historical relevance of the meaning of the names sayings by the farmers.