The Notion of Literacy in Sociolinguistic Theory and in Studies of Phonological Variation in Brazilian Portuguese: Contributions to the Discussion of Literacy and Education in Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.18309/anp.v1i49.1301

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Literacy, Sociolinguistics, Phonological Variation

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the use of the notion of literacy in different proposals of sociolinguistic analysis and in studies of phonological variation in Brazilian Portuguese.  It adopts methodological procedures of bibliographic research (ECO, 2002 [1977]) and follows the notion of literacy by Kleiman (1995) as well as labovian sociolinguistic theories (LABOV, 1972) to select and critically appreciate the proposals of  Kroch (1978), Finegan and Biber (2001), Milroy (2001), Preston (2001), Irvine (2001), Eckert (2004, 2012), Coupland (2007) and the studies of Vieira (2002) and Link (2018), among others. The study shows that literacy explains the linguistic conservatism of groups of higher social status in their lower proportions of application of processes occurring below the level of social consciousness. Literacy also defines a certain type of register that may be subject to variation and gives rise to certain personae. Education, like literacy, plays a role in the frequency and diffusion of linguistic variables and influences the valuation of variable forms used in stylistic practices and in the construction of social identities.

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Author Biography

Elisa Battisti, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul,

Possui licenciatura Plena em Letras Português-Inglês pela UCS (1987), mestrado em Letras pela UFRGS (1993) e doutorado em Linguística e Letras pela PUCRS (1997). Realizou estágio de pós-doutorado em Fonologia na Vrije Universiteit - Amsterdam e no Meertens Instituut (2015-2016). É Professora Associada do Instituto de Letras da UFRGS, Departamento de Linguística, Filologia e Teoria Literária, docente e pesquisadora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras, linhas de pesquisa Fonologia e Morfologia e Sociolinguística. É orientadora de mestrado e doutorado na Pós-Graduação em Letras. Na graduação, ministra disciplinas de Linguística para Letras e para Fonoaudiologia. Desenvolve pesquisa principalmente sobre variação linguística como prática social e fonologia do português brasileiro.

Published

2019-09-30

How to Cite

Battisti, E. (2019). The Notion of Literacy in Sociolinguistic Theory and in Studies of Phonological Variation in Brazilian Portuguese: Contributions to the Discussion of Literacy and Education in Brazil. Revista Da Anpoll, 1(49), 39–51. https://doi.org/10.18309/anp.v1i49.1301

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Letramento e Transdisciplinaridade