As classes gramaticais: da gramática normativa ao estruturalismo.

Abstract

This article aims to analyse grammar classes in order to emphasise the importance of this study for the language knowledge. We based on studies conducted by Mattoso (2009), comparing them to the one that defend the Normative Grammar. It is a bibliographic case, where we use an existing literature for deepening the theme. In addition, this text was structured in three parts. The first part deals with the positioning of structuralist chain in relation to the morphology. The second one discusses regarding to the grammatical classes to the Normative Grammar. The third part is related to the Mattoso?s studies for whom the division of parts of the grammatical classes are redefined. This study was motivated by performance while it was developed an activity as a monitor student of Portuguese Morphology during two semesters. Mattoso (2009) addresses to three basic standards to classify the formal vocabularies of a language, the morphic, semantic and syntactic, establishing a hierarchy and a homogeneous and indivisible organization between all of them. Additionally, Mattoso divide the grammatical classes in nouns, verbs, pronouns and connective words. The traditional grammar, in turn, also use these classification criteria, however it is used in a non-hierarchical way, focusing in the majority of the time only one of the criteria. Finally, the grammatical classes on the traditional grammar is divided in ten groups.