SUNFLOWER VOCABULARY IN CAMPO NOVO DO PARECIS – MATO GROSSO
Brazilian portuguese; lexicon; sunflower vocabulary; Campo Novo do Parecis/MT.
The regions that subdivide the Brazilian geographic territory generally present different and striking characteristics strongly marked by their own social, cultural, religious and economic factors. In this context, language, obviously, would not be an exception, since the dialects spoken in those regions, besides their several and different accents, always present varied nuances and variations, notably in the lexical scope, that is, in the vocabulary inventory. For these reasons, the dissertation thesis of this study is the vocabulary used in Campo dos Parecis City, forged from the cultivation and production of the oleaginous sunflower for the production of oil, pie and grain commercialization, besides being a good activity option for biodiesel producing companies. Because of this, the central objective of this work was to describe such words. To achieve such a goal, the bibliographical research included some linguist-authors who deal with the Lexicological, Lexicographical and the Sociolinguistic theories. Assuming the assumptions of these works, we carried out a qualitative field research by means of 12 oral semi structured interviews, in which we detected and collected 52 specific words. The description and analyses of such words confirmed the hypothesis that the sunflower culture, a relevant agricultural activity of that region, influences culture, society, economy and the language spoken in that important region of the state of Mato Grosso. The research results, which are also part of the conclusions, corroborated the existence of a vocabulary used, and some of them created, by the residents involved in the production and commercialization of sunflowers in that city. Based on this, we elaborated a list of words compiled from those individuals´ speeches, of which a few are creations of that population. Undoubtedly, such words constitute a specific but common terminology, particularities of the Portuguese spoken in agricultural regions of Brazil