BARBOSA, A. J. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5142101141377447; BARBOSA, Ana Jacqueline da Silva.
Résumé:
This research, accomplished under a diachronic perspective, investigates the
spelling of words in Portuguese, in texts written between the thirteenth and
sixteenth centuries. These texts were collected in some books that study the
Portuguese Language history. Specifically, we identified and described the
twinned letters (consonants and vowels) and the spelling oscillation. To support
the analysis, we take as basis Coutinho (2006), Hauy (1989), Ilari and Basso
(2011), Mattos e Silva (1994), Melo (1957), Silva Neto (1977), Silveira Bueno
(1967), Spina (2008), Williams (2001), Tarallo (1990) and Araujo (2005), which
treat both the periodization of the Portuguese Language, and the metaplasms, that
we use to do some analysis and description. We found that some twinned
consonants and vowels are more recurring at certain times and texts, as well as
some classes of words. Regarding to the word oscillation, we notice that it appears
in different contexts, being perceived in the same text and / or texts and different
times. We concluded that the archaic spelling did not have a pattern, but in all
cases there is a relevant justification: pronunciation guides the words’ spelling, in
other words it is, in fact, an attempt of phonetic spelling.