Análise das expressões faciais utilizadas na construção de sentenças interrogativas da Libras: o corpus de Alagoas.

Abstract

In Signed Language, the syntactic structure of Libras, focusing on interrogative sentences, are formed from questions made by the speaker (sender), that is, the signer in sequence with the question mark. In Libras, non-manual expressions give life to interrogative sentences, which can also include the movement of the eyebrow, head and torso. Its general objective was to analyze the structure of interrogative sentences in Libras with facial expressions, signaled based on the Corpus of Libras from the Alagoas collection, Brazil. The specific objectives: a) select videos of signers in the deaf community of Alagoas; b) identify the production signaled in the structure of types of interrogatives with facial expressions; and c) describe the elements of interrogation: HOW, WHY, WHAT. This research is based on the following theoretical fields: Quadros and Karnopp (2004), space syntax, mainly the formation of interrogatives, and Quadros (2019), interrogative construction: interrogative markings QU(object), QU(object) and QU(adjunct) in sentence positions. This research sought to identify the types of interrogative expressions used in an interview with a deaf person. To carry out this analysis, a set of clippings taken from the video “inventário de Libras Maceió”, in Corpus Libras, were used, duly repaired. The methodology used in the research was qualitative, it aims to describe and identify in order to clarify the elements of a complex system of meanings, without the need to measure the research phenomena, as it permeates the understanding of the context in which the phenomenon occurs. The results and data analysis were the importance of the correct use of facial expressions in the formation of interrogative sentences in Libras, describing the selection of interrogative sentences (HOW, WHY, WHAT) in Libras syntactics. We conclude that the described study of interrogative sentences that assist in the analysis of flagged video, as well as the constructions of a detailed Libras Corpus.