A elaboração do projeto do banco de dados linguísticos COLORES (Contato Linguístico Oral da Região Extremo Sul): fundamentos teóricos, éticos e metodológicos

Abstract

This paper presents an account of the elaboration of the project of the linguistic database COLORES (Contato Linguístico Oral da Região Extremo Sul) / (Oral Linguistic Contact of the Extreme South Region). This database aims to contribute to the study, documentation and valuation of the Portuguese spoken as a native language by Brazilians and as a heritage language by Uruguayans in the border cities of Jaguarão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Rio Branco, Cerro Largo, Uruguay. The present study describes the procedures adopted in the development of the project with the objective of offering support to beginner researchers interested in developing linguistic data collection. The methodology adopted in this paper is qualitative, presenting a detailed and reflective approach on: the theoretical foundations that support the methodological choices of our linguistic database; the ethical considerations adopted on behalf of the participant for the establishment of a database in accordance with current ethical guidelines; the structuring project of our database. In the latter, the guiding elements and the methodology of the COLORES database are presented.