Systematization of sociolinguistic studies on the representation of the first-person plural in Alagoas speech: a look at the community variable

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https://doi.org/10.31513/linguistica.2026.v22n1a72246

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We focus on the representation of the first-person plural in alagoana speech, aiming to present a systematization of research results on the variation between nós and a gente in the subject and non-subject positions, as well as on verbal agreement with the pronouns nós and a gente. To this end, we adopted descriptive and inferential statistical analysis methods and controlled for the community variable, in order to answer the following questions: what is the linguistic behavior of the representation of the first-person plural in the alagoana variety? Are there statistically significant differences in this behavior compared to the speech community? The results show that community is an important variable in the representation of the first person in the alagoana variety, as it shows that a gente is more frequent in more urbanized communities, both as a subject and as a non-subject, and that the non-standard variant of verbal agreement with nós is more frequent in more rural communities, while the non-standard variant of agreement with a gente is more frequent in more urban communities. This leads us to consider that the urbanization process is an important factor for these variable linguistic contexts.
Keywords: Variation. Nós. A gente. Community. Alagoas.

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Elyne Giselle de Santana Lima Aguiar Vitório, Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL)

Professora da Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL). Atua na Faculdade de Letras (FALE) como docente no curso de Letras-Português, docente permanente no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Linguística e Literatura (PPGLL) e docente do Mestrado Profissional em Letras (PROFLETRAS). É Doutora e Mestre em Linguística pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras e Linguística da Universidade Federal de Alagoas (2012 e 2008), Especialista em Linguística e Ensino do Português pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (2006) e Graduada em Letras pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (2005). Realizou estágio de Pós-Doutorado na Pós-Graduação em Letras Vernáculas da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2013) - PDJ/CNPq e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras e Linguística da Universidade Federal de Alagoas (2014) - PNPD/Capes. Atua nas linhas de Teoria e Análise Linguística (PPGLL) e Estudos da Linguagem e Práticas Sociais (PROFLETRAS), com ênfase em Sociolinguística Variacionista, Sociolinguística Histórica e Sociolinguística Educacional, coordenando o grupo de pesquisa Sociolinguística, variação, significados sociais e ensino. Atualmente faz parte da comissão científica da área de Sociolinguística da ABRALIN, integra o GT de Sociolinguística da Anpoll e é membro do Comitê de Ética e Pesquisa da UFAL.

capa v.22 n.1

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2026-04-30

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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2026): Contributions of Sociolinguistics in the 21st Century: Theory, Interfaces, and Applications – A Tribute to Anthony Julius Naro

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Artigos: Variação e mudança em dados de produção

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