Mandioca, macaxeira e aipim na Região Sudeste do Brasil: distribuição diatópica e comentários geolinguísticos dos informantes

Abstract

This paper presents a study on the lexical variation in Brazilian southeast region in order to discuss the designatives diatopical distribution that covers the concept for "white root inside, covered with a brown bark, which is cooked to eat", question 50 of the Semantic-Lexical Questionnaire of Brazilian Linguistic Atlas Project. Data are presented in graphs, tables and linguistic charts, totalizing 316 respondents distributed among 79 counties (37 from São Paulo state, 23 from Minas Gerais state, 17 from Rio de Janeiro state and 5 from Espírito Santo state). This study provides geolinguistic comments from respondents and highlights their awareness of Brazilian Portuguese diatopic variation. Items distribution reveals two lexical areas in the territory, one from aipim event and another from mandioca variant, which allows drawing isolexic and heterolexic lines in the investigated area.