Aspectos da situação sociolinguística da Ilha de Bazaruto

Abstract

Language works as the main instrument of communication. But the fact that it occurs within a society makes it subject to the influence of factors external to it. Language use is often associated with these factors. In multilingual societies, the dynamics of choosing one or another language variant is also related to social factors and the attitude of speakers towards the linguistic repertoire available to them. The presented study seeks to show how social interactions are carried out on Bazaruto Island, taking into account linguistic practices. So, the dissertation, to achieve this objective, is structured in seven chapters organized as follows; chapter 1, in which we introduce, we present the problems raised and the working hypotheses, objectives, motivation, contribution and limitations of the same; chapter 2 consists of the bibliographic review that provides theoretical support to the work, including the basic concepts for analysis; chapter 3, where we present the characterization of the study area, in this case Bazaruto Island; chapter 4, which refers to the methodologies adopted in the work; chapter 5, which is the chapter where we present the data, chapter 6 where we proceed to the analysis of the data and finally chapter 7 in which we present the conclusions and leave some recommendations