Variation in terminology: capoeira in Belo Horizonte

Authors

  • César Nardelli Cambraia Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
  • Eyder Barbosa de Senna Jeronymo Professor da Faculdade de Educação de Bom Despacho/Faculdade Presidente Antônio Carlos de Bom Despacho, Bom Despacho, Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-9419.v16i2p403-432

Keywords:

Lexicology. Terminology. Language variation. Capoeira.

Abstract

In this pilot study we analyzed the variation in the terminology of capoeira in Belo Horizonte. The terms referring to 69 videotaped movements of capoeira were collected from 10 informants (5 men and 5 women, aged between 25 and 32 years, capoeira teachers). As a result we obtained 294 different terms whose patterns of variation are distributed among 15 types. We tested the hypothesis that the figurative terms tend to be replaced by non-figurative ones, and it was confirmed by the collected data. This trend was the result of a search for transparency in terminology, making the terms more descriptive in relation to capoeira’s movements.

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Author Biography

  • César Nardelli Cambraia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
    César Nardelli Cambraia, bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa do CNPq - Nível 2, possui graduação em Letras (Português-Alemão) pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1992), mestrado em Estudos Lingüísticos pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1996), doutorado em Filologia e Língua Portuguesa pela Universidade de São Paulo (2000) e pós-doutorado em Lingüística Românica pela Universitat de Barcelona (2010). Atualmente é professor associado da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e tem experiência na área de Lingüística, com ênfase em Lingüística Românica e Crítica Textual.

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Published

2014-12-20

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Papers

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How to Cite

Variation in terminology: capoeira in Belo Horizonte. (2014). Filologia E Linguística Portuguesa, 16(2), 403-432. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-9419.v16i2p403-432