ELEMENTOS PARA UMA HISTÓRIA DA DIALETOLOGIA E DA GEOGRAFIA LINGUÍSTICA BRASILEIRA: A IMPORTÂNCIA DA CASA DE RUI BARBOSA E OS EFEITOS DO DECRETO 30.643, DE 20 MARÇO DE 1952

Abstract

This thesis aims to prove the importance of Decree 30.643, from March 1952, regarding the establishment of a Philology Commission and the development of studies for the construction of a linguistic atlas within the context of Casa de Rui Barbosa. It examines the decree as a determining element in the constitution and scientific institutionalization of Brazilian dialectology and linguistic geography, as well as research on Brazilian Portuguese. To achieve this, from the perspective of linguistic historiography and the history of sciences, a mapping of knowledge and practices was conducted regarding the establishment of scientific and cultural activities through documentary and bibliographic research. The period under study spans from 1952 to 1986, using as a corpus records of activities related to Casa de Rui Barbosa, along with journalistic texts, decrees, scientific journal publications, and manuals. The general discussion and analysis model follow the stages of contextualization, immanence, and theoretical adequacy proposed by Koerner (1995). As results, activities between 1953 and 1983 were identified and defended, eight of which are considered relevant for reflecting the decree’s effects and the importance of Casa de Rui Barbosa in linguistic research. These include: the lexicographic research on Brazilianisms (1953-1959) developed by Antenor Nascentes; the dialectology course and linguistic geography exhibition (1954) organized by Sever Pop; the conference and publication on the Phonetics Laboratory in Bahia by Nelson Rossi (1958, 1961); the elaboration and publication of Bases para a elaboração do Atlas Linguístico do Brasil (1958, 1961); plans for supporting and publishing atlases such as the Atlas Linguístico do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (1975-1984), Esboço de um Atlas Linguístico de Minas Gerais I e II (1977-1979), and Atlas Linguístico de Sergipe (1979-1987); and the publication of the Questionário Básico do Trabalho de Campo by Mônica Rector (1983).