LIMA, Marcus Paulo Gonçalves de.
Abstract:
The objective of this research is to analyze the textbook Português Linguagens, by Willian
Roberto Cereja and Thereza Cochar Magalhães, used in the 6th year of elementary school II,
regarding lexical variations. We reflect on the history of the Portuguese Language and its
mother language: Latin. We have as general objective the analysis of lexicon variations by
means of the didactic book as a research instrument. And for specific purposes, they are: to
elucidate from the historical context the linguistic variations; to verify if the history of the
Portuguese language was contemplated in the textbook; and also verify in which context the
textbook addresses lexical variation. We deepened our knowledge on the evolution and the
historical context in which the change from Latin to Galician-Portuguese and later,
Portuguese Language, occurred and how it happened. This study arises within the relevance
of verbal language, since it is found among the most important interactional media current in
the world, and without it there is no plausible communication between peoples. Consequently,
according to our reflections and the object we have pursued, we have been able to
significantly broaden our linguistic understanding and of the possible readers who venture
into this reading. This research, therefore, is classified as a bibliographic research, descriptive
of qualitative analysis. The authors consulted were Jonas Teyssier (2001), Ilare (2006),
Castilho (2009), Coutinho (2011) and others. From the analysis of chapter III of the
aforementioned book, it can be affirmed that the authors superficially approach the historical
context of the evolution of the different languages. Although the students already have little
knowledge about the history of LP, the book analyzed presents little historical aspects of it,
leaving vast gaps between happenings over time so that we arrived at our language nowadays.
