Como os nossos filhos aprendem a falar? : percurso de aquisição da Língua Portuguesa falada no Brasil

Abstract

This research aimed to describe the pathway of acquisition of Portuguese Language spoken in Brazil. As a theretical basis, we adopt a multi-referencial, with behaviorist, innatist, Piaget’s cognitive, social-interactionist and emergentist approaches in order to seek contributions for each one who helped us in the study of language acquisition. It is a longitudinal study which recorded every two weeks audio language development in two Brazilian children from the age of 1;00 to 5;00. The data received phonetic and/or orthographic transcription and were analyzed in phonological, morphological and syntactic aspects. In the field of phonology, we illustrate the process of acquisition of phonemes, the phonemes of difficult pronunciation and the repair strategies used by children. In morphology, we describe the learning process of nominal and verbal morphemes inflect. In syntax, we present the path followed by children in the construction of simple sentences and the diferente types of composed phrases. In general, we observed a slow and gradual learning process in which interact biological, cognitive, social and linguistic factors. The process is marked by highs and regressions, indicative of a self-regulation of system-that-learns.

Date of Award	2011
Original language	Portuguese
Supervisor	OSCAR CONCEIÇÃO DE SOUSA (Supervisor)