Linguistics attitudes and strong-R in Carambeí - DOI: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v31i2.6429

Abstract

Considering that Carambeí Township is fairly complex, both culturally and linguistically, this study intends to: a) survey the linguistic attitudes that the ‘Dutch’ reveal concerning the Dutch and Portuguese languages; b) analyze the variety of Portuguese spoken by the ‘Dutch’ of Carambeí regarding the use of strong-R; c) establish what sort of relationship takes place between linguistic attitudes and use of certain varieties of the strong-R in Portuguese. About the attitudes regarding the Dutch language, Groups 1M, 1F and 2Fa show positive attitudes, while Groups 2M, 2Fb, 3M and 3F show negative attitudes. Portuguese, on the other hand, elicits positive attitudes in the community as a whole. Regarding the use of strong-R, groups 1M and 1F use trill and tap; group 2M also uses trill and tap; Group 2Fa uses trill and tap and Group 2Fb uses fricative and trill. Groups 3M and 3F use only fricative. Finally, we can assume that specific attitudes contribute to the use of certain varieties of the strong-R.