O portunhol em uma escola de Santana do Livramento / RS

Abstract

The present study has as its theme “Portunhol in a School in Santana do Livramento/RS”. The city of Santana do Livramento/RS is located in the southwest region of Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil, it is called the twin city of the city of Rivera/Uruguay. Portunhol in schools has been frequently investigated by research professors in Uruguayan cities. In this context, the interest arose to carry out this research in Santana do Livramento RS. The general objective is to verify if in the school chosen for the research there are students who speak Portuguese, specifically in the Portuguese language class. The following specific objectives were defined: to trace the linguistic profile of the research subjects and to investigate whether portunhol is recognized as a border identity. To this end, theoretical support was based on authors in the field of Applied Linguistics such as Marques & Alvarez (2015), Nossar (2018), Sturza (2019) and Palermo-Ilha (2020). The methodology used to carry out this work is of a qualitative nature. The research instrument was a semi-structured questionnaire delivered to two subjects who were chosen for the research. As a research method, bibliographic review was used through reading and critical reflection. From the analysis of the answers to the questionnaires, it was possible to verify that there are students who speak Portuguese in a Portuguese language classroom at the Santana do Livramento school. It was possible to trace the linguistic profile of the research subjects, noting that they are of Brazilian nationality and that their parents are too. As for the recognition of portunhol as a border identity, there was a tie between the research subjects. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out more research on the subject, with a greater number of research subjects. With this work, we intend to contribute so that Portunhol is recognized as a historical and natural phenomenon of languages ​​in contact. In addition, to contribute and encourage future studies, in other schools in Santana do Livramento (Brazil), with the intention of deepening the theme.