%0 Journal Article
%T Tradiˋˋo discursiva e mudanˋa no sistema de tratamento do portugu那s brasileiro: definindo perfis comportamentais no in赤cio do s谷culo XX
%A Lopes
%A C谷lia Regina dos Santos
%J Alfa : Revista de Lingu赤stica (Sˋo Jos谷 do Rio Preto)
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S1981-57942011000200002
%X this paper analyses different patterns of forms of address in the pronominal system in brazilian portuguese in the beginning of the 20th century. the analysis is based on a sample of private letters written between 1906 and 1936. the analysis is based on two theoretical frameworks: sociolinguistics and discourse tradition model. the results show four different patterns in the period: (i) the exclusive usage of the intimate tu (you-sg.) in letters of "higher intimacy relationship"; (ii) the exclusive usage of voc那 (you-sg derived from vossa merc那 "your grace" or "your mercy") in letters of the same nature; (iii) the usage of intimate tu (you-sg) correlated with voc那 (you-sg) pronominal paradigm, such as imperative-subjunctive moods in a specific section of the letter; (iv) the tu and voc那 (you-sg) alternation in the same functional contexts but in a different morphosyntactic distribution: tu occurs with a higher rate in [+morphologized] contexts used as a verbal affix or an accusative/dative clitic (te) whereas voc那 is more frequent in [-morphologized] contexts used as a strong pronoun (nominative or prepositional complement).
%K forms of pronominal address
%K tu/voc那 variation
%K linguistic change
%K blending of address forms.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1981-57942011000200002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en