Português Brasileiro como segunda língua: um estudo sobre o sujeito nulo (Brazilian Portuguese as a second language: a study about the null subject)

• Autor(a) principal: Xavier, Gildete Rocha
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos da Língua(gem)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos2.uesb.br/index.php/estudosdalinguagem/article/view/5512
• topic: Aquisição de linguagem; Gramática gerativa; Aquisição da segunda língua; Sujeito nulo; Princípios e parâmetros; Language acquisition; Second language acquisition; Generative grammar; Null subject; Principles and parameters

The aim of this study is to investigate the acquisition of the null subject in Brasilian Portuguese (BP) as a second language (L2) by native adult speakers of English and Italian, in a situation of total immersion. The research was developed within the framework of the Principles and Parameters Theory (CHOMSKY, 1981, 1986) and the Minimalist Program (CHOMSKY, 1993, 1995, 2000). The research attempted to investigate whether the L2 leaners have access to Universal Grammar (UG) and what the form of that access would be. The results of the analysis confirmed a) the hypothesis of direct access to UG , throught the use of the pro-drop parameter's default value = null or over subjects + the one-person agreement verbal form, in the production of English and Italian Speakers in the initial phase of acquisition. Considering that pro-drop languages do not constitute a single type, it was hypothesized that, based upon data from the input the learners would present the pro-drop of BP, starting by the acquisitionof the agreement in that language, which was confirmed. The analysis confirms the "universal bilinguism" hypotesis (ROEPER, 1999), not only for inatial stage of aquisition, but also for the intermediate and final stages.KEYWORDS: Language acquisition. Second language acquisition. Generative grammar. Null subject. Principles and parameters.