Esta pesquisa analisa o comportamento variável das oclusivas dentais /t/ e /d/ seguidas de [i] na fala de informantes das comunidades linguísticas de Santa Vitória do Palmar e Chuí, de acordo com os parâmetros da Teoria da Variação Linguística de Labov (1972). A amostra é proveniente do corpus pertencente ao projeto “Coleta de corpus nos municípios de Santa Vitória do Palmar e Chuí”, da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG. Os dados coletados foram submetidos a tratamento estatístico com o uso do programa de análise multivariada Goldvarb, nas versões 2001 e 2005. Este estudo tornou possível a conclusão de que a ocorrência da Africada Alveolar, variante bastante produtiva nos referidos municípios e frequente na fala das mulheres mais velhas e de baixa escolaridade, é uma regra variável, sujeita a condicionamentos linguísticos e extralinguísticos. / This research analyzes the variable behavior of dental stops /t/ e /d/ followed by [i] in the speech of informants of the language communities of Santa Vitória do Palmar and Chuí, according to the parameters of the Theory of Linguistic Variation (Labov, 1972). The sample is from the corpus belonging to the project “Coleta de corpus nos municípios de Santa Vitória do Palmar e Chuí”, from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG. The data collected were analyzed statistically with the use of the multivariate analysis program Goldvarb, versions 2001 and 2005. This study made possible the conclusion that the occurrence of alveolar affricate, very productive variant in these cities and often in the speech of older women with low education, is a variable rule, subject to linguistic and social conditioning.

Esta pesquisa analisa o comportamento variável das oclusivas dentais /t/ e /d/ seguidas de [i] na fala de informantes das comunidades linguísticas de Santa Vitória do Palmar e Chuí, de acordo com os parâmetros da Teoria da Variação Linguística de Labov (1972). A amostra é proveniente do corpus pertencente ao projeto “Coleta de corpus nos municípios de Santa Vitória do Palmar e Chuí”, da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG. Os dados coletados foram submetidos a tratamento estatístico com o uso do programa de análise multivariada Goldvarb, nas versões 2001 e 2005. Este estudo tornou possível a conclusão de que a ocorrência da Africada Alveolar, variante bastante produtiva nos referidos municípios e frequente na fala das mulheres mais velhas e de baixa escolaridade, é uma regra variável, sujeita a condicionamentos linguísticos e extralinguísticos. / This research analyzes the variable behavior of dental stops /t/ e /d/ followed by [i] in the speech of informants of the language communities of Santa Vitória do Palmar and Chuí, according to the parameters of the Theory of Linguistic Variation (Labov, 1972). The sample is from the corpus belonging to the project “Coleta de corpus nos municípios de Santa Vitória do Palmar e Chuí”, from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG. The data collected were analyzed statistically with the use of the multivariate analysis program Goldvarb, versions 2001 and 2005. This study made possible the conclusion that the occurrence of alveolar affricate, very productive variant in these cities and often in the speech of older women with low education, is a variable rule, subject to linguistic and social conditioning.

Esta pesquisa analisa o comportamento variável das oclusivas dentais /t/ e /d/ seguidas de [i] na fala de informantes das comunidades linguísticas de Santa Vitória do Palmar e Chuí, de acordo com os parâmetros da Teoria da Variação Linguística de Labov (1972). A amostra é proveniente do corpus pertencente ao projeto “Coleta de corpus nos municípios de Santa Vitória do Palmar e Chuí”, da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG. Os dados coletados foram submetidos a tratamento estatístico com o uso do programa de análise multivariada Goldvarb, nas versões 2001 e 2005. Este estudo tornou possível a conclusão de que a ocorrência da Africada Alveolar, variante bastante produtiva nos referidos municípios e frequente na fala das mulheres mais velhas e de baixa escolaridade, é uma regra variável, sujeita a condicionamentos linguísticos e extralinguísticos. / This research analyzes the variable behavior of dental stops /t/ e /d/ followed by [i] in the speech of informants of the language communities of Santa Vitória do Palmar and Chuí, according to the parameters of the Theory of Linguistic Variation (Labov, 1972). The sample is from the corpus belonging to the project “Coleta de corpus nos municípios de Santa Vitória do Palmar e Chuí”, from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG. The data collected were analyzed statistically with the use of the multivariate analysis program Goldvarb, versions 2001 and 2005. This study made possible the conclusion that the occurrence of alveolar affricate, very productive variant in these cities and often in the speech of older women with low education, is a variable rule, subject to linguistic and social conditioning.

This study set out to investigate the relationship between perception and production of English / tʃ, dʒ/ and / ʒ / by native speakers of Swedish learning English in secondary school. The aim was to find out if Flege’s Speech Learning Model (SLM) (1995) and Major’s Ontogeny Phylogeny Model (OPM) (2001) are suitable to describe young learners’ L2 phonological attainment. To test perception, an identification task containing Nonwords with target sounds in initial, medial, and final position was constructed and tested on 17 school students. Three speaking tasks were carried out to test the participants’ production of the phonemes in initial, medial and final position. All participants also completed a questionnaire with questions regarding exposure and motivation. Six students were chosen for deeper analysis. The results show that both the SLM and the OPM can be used to describe young learners L2 phonology acquisition. Similar sounds were found to be harder to produce and more affected by L1 transfer, which corroborates both the SLM and the OPM. Marked sounds were affected more by universals, which was suggested by the OPM. Desire to have a native accent and reported use of the L2 seems to have effect on L2 phonology acquisition, as well. However, the relationship between all these factors is complex and the results from this study are merely suggestive.