O i-final no Português Brasileiro e Inglês (IL2)

Detalhes bibliográficos
Ano de defesa: 2023
Autor(a) principal: Carolina Gonçalves Manoel
Orientador(a): Não Informado pela instituição
Banca de defesa: Não Informado pela instituição
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
Idioma: por
Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Brasil
FALE - FACULDADE DE LETRAS
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Linguísticos
UFMG
Programa de Pós-Graduação: Não Informado pela instituição
Departamento: Não Informado pela instituição
País: Não Informado pela instituição
Palavras-chave em Português:
PB
IL2
Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/58295
Resumo: The aim of this dissertation is to investigate and discuss the relationship between the emergence of final consonants in Brazilian Portuguese (BP) (ALBANO&MENEZES, 2015; DIAS E SEARA, 2012; e CRISTÓFARO-SILVA e VIEIRA, 2015; ASSIS, 2017) and the learning of English as a Second Language by Brazilian speakers. In order to assess whether an ongoing sound change in the L1 influences L2 productions, the emergence of final consonants is evaluated from two aspects: (1) alternation of word-final [C] ~ [Ci] sequences in BP (e.g. [e.g. cheque ˈʃɛ.kɪ] > [ˈʃɛk]) and in ESL for C-final spelling patterns (e.g. cake [keɪk] ~ *[keɪkɪ]) and Cy-final (e.g. monkey [ ˈmʌŋ.ki] ~ *[ˈmʌŋ.k]) and (2) duration of ifinal in C-final and Cy-final in ESL and i-final in BP. This study is mainly grounded on the assumptions of Exemplars Theory (JOHNSON, 1997; PIERREHUMBERT, 2001; BYBEE, 2001, 2008, 2016). Methodologically, this work is based on the premises of Laboratory Phonology (PIERREHUMBERT; BECKMAN; LADD, 2000). Data collection involved speech recordings of twenty-four Brazilian speakers of L2 English. A reading test was adopted for the investigations of both languages: Portuguese and English. Statistical analyses were performed using Pearson's chi-square (χ²), Wilcoxon and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Overall, results indicate that [Ci] sequences are robust in both BP and ESL for the Cyfinal spelling pattern, but not for the C-final pattern. Thus, our conclusion is that the phonology of English is being built in the expected direction, and the speaker makes an effort to produce the expected patterns for English: C-final and Cy-final. For Portuguese, the i-final pattern is recurrent. Thus, the ESL learner is seeking to build phonology through patterns that are recurrent in English. Additionally, it was found that the duration of the ifinal produced by BP speakers for the Cy-final pattern is longer than the i-final for the Cfinal pattern in English. It was also found that the BP i-final is different from the English ifinal. In terms of Exemplars Theory, we suggest that L2 Phonological Grammar is under development and learners know the tendency of each language from their experiences with them. Results are also in line with the assumptions of Exemplars Theory, which predicts that fine phonetic detail - be it associated with stable or emerging sound patterns - is used to build L2 phonological representations.