A influência do inglês (LE) na ordenação de adjetivos em Sintagma Nominal no português brasileiro (LM)

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the influence of English language (FL) in the ordering of adjectives in Noun Phrase in Portuguese (NL). Adjectives can appear in different positions in relation to the noun and in relation to other adjectives. Their position in the sentence varies according to the classification of the adjective and the language in question, since different languages have different canonical positions of the adjective. Several authors try to find which rules underlie the ordering of adjectives in different languages, as Borges Neto (1979), Boff (1991), Menuzzi (1992), Cinque (1994, 2010), Alexiadou, Haegeman e Stavrou (2007), Moreira (2015), Brito e Lopes (2016) and Prim (2017), among others. Based on the concepts of bilingualism and linguistic influence defended by Mozzillo (2001), Cook (2003), Grosjean (2008) Megale (2012), Zaretsky (2014), Altmisdort (2016), Mendes (2017), Ferreira (2018), Soares (2019) and Luque Agulló (2020), were selected two groups of participants - monolingual (Portuguese) and bilingual (Portuguese and English). The participants answered a questionnaire and a noun phrase construction test with adjectives. The answers were analyzed based on the theoretical review, observing the differences and similarities between monolingual and bilingual constructions, as well as the different levels of self-reported proficiency of bilinguals. The results demonstrate subtle differences between monolinguals and bilinguals and draw attention to the constructions performed by intermediate-level bilinguals, who presented bolder answers and in greater diversity.