Um olhar lexical sobre a identidade dos migrantes interioranos do estado do Amazonas: um estudo de geolinguística.

Abstract

The contact between peoples and languages is currently favored by globalization, which promotes discussion on research study regarding intercultural encounters and its influence on the construction of linguistic and social identity of the individual. The language interface with the construction of social and linguistic identity of the subject undergoes a significant intensification in multicultural contexts in which various social, cultural and linguistic groups interact socially in the same geographical space. In Amazonas, the mestizo has seen its original identity change and has also lost its referentials because of the continuing cultural shocks that force him to leave the countryside in search of work and better living conditions, such as health care and access to education. This quantitative research seeks to examine the lexicon created by migrants from within the state of Amazonas, more precisely, Teffe, Itacoatiara and Manacapuru, living in Manaus for at least five years; to compare the lexicon obtained from the Linguistic Atlas of the Amazon, ALAM by Cruz (2004); to identify whether there was a change of the linguistic identity of migrants from within the state of Amazonas; to identify, in case of change, whether this would be in line with the desire of migrants to gain social mobility, which influence his identity, according to Castells (1996); and, finally, to analyze if it is happening a homogenization of the mestizo culture or not. This research bolsters on the fundamentals of the principles of dialectology and presents some considerations regarding the lexicon collected according Pottier (1978), some considerations on the ideological aspect of the lexicon, according to Santos and Cristianini (2012) presents some considerations on the etymological lexicon collected, according to Cunha (2010), Houaiss and Villar (2001) and Ferreira (2004). It was found the 58,94% of lexicon of the migrants who were living in the city of Manaus changes their way of speaking and about 40% of the migrants assimilated the lexicon of the Amazon capital.