THE LINGUISTIC VARIATION PRESENT IN NORTHEASTERN MIGRANTS IN MATO GROSSO: SEMANTIC-LEXICAL ASPECTS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE REGION

Abstract

The present work aims to expose a research carried out in the municipality of Sinop, located in the north of the state of Mato Grosso, which investigated the linguistic variation of migrant subjects from the Northeast region. The research was conducted with four participants, two males and two females. Two of these subjects were over 50 years old, while the other two were in the 18-30 age group. After the selection of the participants, interviews were conducted in the format of free narratives, with the objective of understanding the migratory and cultural process of the subjects. Then, a semantic-lexical questionnaire was applied consisting of 50 questions taken from the Linguistic Atlas of Brazil (ALiB). The work is based on the theoretical assumptions of Variationist Sociolinguistics, based on authors such as Bortoni-Ricardo (2014) and Labov (2008), among others. The research stood out for analyzing the migratory process and the sociocultural formation of the municipality of Sinop, revealing that the region has a great linguistic diversity, influenced by the presence of migrants from different locations, including the variety of Northeastern speech.