BAJUBÁ

LGBTT group language as a socio-historical and cultural representation

Authors

  • Karylleila Santos Andrade UFT
  • Sheila de Carvalho P. Gonçalves Universidade Federal de Goiás, UFG
  • Filipe Porto Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Luciana C. e Silva Andrade Universidade Federal do Tocantins

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20873/uft.23593652201854p36

Abstract

This paper dealswith the in-group vocabulary (or in-group slang) known as bajubá, employed by the LGBTT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite and transgender) community in the city of Palmas city, in the State of Tocantins. Its purpose is to describe wordswhich have traits of provenance/origin in African languages, considering the use of the language as a socio-historical and cultural heritage belonging to a group. This study is a descriptive and qualitative field research. The authors Santos (2011), Mendonça (2012), Pessoa de Castro (2005), Petri (1983), Vip andLibi (2006), Lopes (2012) and Beniste (2011) supplied the theoretical and methodological support. The results of the corpus analysis presenttraits of provenance of the Niger-Congo group, Bantu and West-African or Sudanese subgroup.  

Author Biographies

Karylleila Santos Andrade, UFT

Graduação - Letras/UNITINS

Mestrado e doutorado - Linguística/USP 

Professora dos cursos de Artes e Filosofia

Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras - UFT

Sheila de Carvalho P. Gonçalves, Universidade Federal de Goiás, UFG

Doutora em Análise Linguística, Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação Mestrado em Estudos da Linguagem PPGEL da Universidade Federal de Goiás, UFG, campus de Catalão

Filipe Porto, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

Graduado em Teatro, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Palmas, Tocantins

Luciana C. e Silva Andrade, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

Graduada em Teatro, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Palmas, Tocantins.

Published

2018-12-30

How to Cite

Andrade, K. S., Gonçalves, S. de C. P., Porto, F., & Silva Andrade, L. C. e. (2018). BAJUBÁ: LGBTT group language as a socio-historical and cultural representation. DESAFIOS - Revista Interdisciplinar Da Universidade Federal Do Tocantins, 5(4), 36–46. https://doi.org/10.20873/uft.23593652201854p36

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