Estudo sociolinguístico de alguns fenómenos de hipercorrecção frequentes no português em Maputo

Abstract

The work presented here is a sociolinguistic study of the oral realizations of the words "mas" and "que" in Portuguese, in the particular case of Maputo province. It is the result of an investigation based on empirical oral data (oral realizations) and written data (sociolinguistic information), collected from two groups of speakers (some with Ll-LP and others with Ll-LB, but both bilingual, speakers of Portuguese and at least one Bantu language) with the aim of ascertaining whether, in fact, those words carried with them certain marks of prestige as they indicated, sometimes resulting in hypercorrected oral realizations, to determine the extralinguistic factors behind this phenomenon and to provide data for the analysis of the linguistic and (sociolinguistic) situation in Mozambique, which also justifies the choice of topic The results showed that the genesis of the problem was related to the country's current language policy, which does not reflect the existing linguistic (and sociolinguistic) diversity and variety. In fact, it is by providing data for the analysis of this issue - that of the linguistic and (sociolinguistic) analysis of Mozambique and, of course, also that of its language planning and policy, a primary linguistic issue today, that this research highlights its importance (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)