The Mato grosso do Sul linguistic atlas
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5433/2237-4876.2006v9n2p169Keywords:
Atlas, Variations, Localities.Abstract
The Atlas Lingüístico de Mato Grosso do Sul project has the purpose of offering support for researchers and teachers to incorporate the linguistic diversity into language teaching, evidencing the linguistic cultural characteristics from different regions of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. The research employs geolinguistic and sociolinguistic methods for the study of historical, geographical, social, ecological ant ethnographic aspects of Mato Grosso do Sul. The interviews are made by direct and indirect method, and they are phonetically and graphematically transcribed. The informants are stratified according to sex, age, level of instruction and place of birth. The research embraces thirty-two locations with four informants each (two male and two female individuals).