ESSE versus ESTE in Brazilian movies: substitution or specialization?

Authors

  • Hélcius Batista Pereira Universidade Paulista (UNIP)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-9419.v15i1p83-100

Keywords:

Linguistic changes, variation, demonstrative pronouns, specialization of forms, replacement of forms.

Abstract

This study aims at contributing to the discussion on the uses of demonstrative pronouns in Brazilian Portuguese. For this end, samples of Brazilian films were analyzed. It was found that in the endophoric uses and in the spatial exophoric uses there is a tendency to substitute “este” with “esse”. Based on these results, it was found that Marine thesis (2004) which defends that “Brazilian Portuguese” has a binary paradigm, in which “esse” has become specialized in endophoric uses and “este” has become specialized in exophoric uses is not correct.

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Published

2014-03-14

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Papers

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How to Cite

Pereira, H. B. (2014). ESSE versus ESTE in Brazilian movies: substitution or specialization?. Filologia E Linguística Portuguesa, 15(1), 83-100. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-9419.v15i1p83-100