A brincadeira ‘amarelinha’ em português europeu e em português brasileiro: estudo comparativo com os dados do TLPGP, do projeto ALliB e do ALERS

Abstract

This term paper analyzed the different names for the game known as amarelinha by comparing lexical data from European Portuguese (Português Europeu – PE) and Brazilian Portuguese (Português Brasileiro – PB). This analysis aimed to verify the differences and similarities in the names of this children's game. The following data sources were used: the Galician and Portuguese Work Bank (Tesouro do léxico patrimonial Galego e Português), the ALiB Project, academic works based on the ALiB Project, and, finally, The Linguistic-Ethnographic Atlas of the Brazilian South Region (Atlas-Linguístico-Etnográfico da Região Sul do Brasil- ALERS Vol. 2) (Altenhofen; Klassmann, 2011). The theoretical assumptions underpinning this work were Dialectology (Cardoso, 2010) and Lexicology (Biderman, 2007). The academic works studied that analyzed the designations for amarelinha and contributed to the lexicological description and lexicographic research were the following: Ribeiro (2012); Portilho (2013); Ferreira (2015); Santos L. (2016); D' Anunciação (2016); Alencar (2018); Santos G. (2018) and Romano (2022). The research also involved consulting old and modern Portuguese language dictionaries, both European and Brazilian varieties, namely: Bluteau (1728); Moraes e Silva (1789); Figueiredo (1913); Houaiss (2009); Aulete; Valente (2024) and a folklore dictionary (Cascudo, 1988). Consultation of the dictionaries was motivated by the need to find lexicographic records of each of the variants identified that designate the play activity under analysis. The results obtained from the databases were organized into tables to make them easier to read and understand, as well as to provide a comprehensive view of the names given to children's games, highlighting possible areas of convergence and divergence between Brazil and Portugal in terms of the use of specific variants. Thus, a considerable number of designations were identified for the game in question, including academia, avião, caracol, cachaperna, céu- inferno, chicolapé, jogo do descanso, jogo do ferro, macaca and pé-coxinho. The study of this research object can contribute to understanding the cultural and historical influences on the naming process of children's games and is therefore relevant to lexical and dialectological studies and to Pedagogy, Ludology and Physical Education.