A música dos pampas em uma perspectiva lexical : milongando entre o espanhol e o português

Abstract

In the scenario of Rio Grande do Sul State that was for many years the scene of disputes, with border lines that enabled mobile linguistic and cultural-exchange, Gaucho's songs (local music) can be characterized as major productions to reveal facts of culture that endure for centuries and which were shaped, constructed and reconstructed in and through history. In this process, the lexicon assumes a key role, since it is through a specific lexicon (or regional) that there is identification and cultural elements ressignification. Divided into four chapters, this dissertation intends to investigate the loanwords from Spanish into Portuguese, from linguistic and cultural contact on the borders of Brazil/Argentina/Brazil and Uruguay, identified in songs performed by the duo of singers and composers César Oliveira e Rogério Melo. The research carried out has shown the presence of bilingualism in border regions of Rio Grande do Sul, exemplified in the lyrics of the songs analyzed, in which the lexicon employed exerts specific directions, often mythological. Therefore, we can conclude that there is a universe of symbolic representations of this border community themselves, here revealed through Gaúcho‟s songs.