Apagamento do R Final no Dialeto Carioca: um Estudo em Tempo Aparente e em Tempo Real

Abstract

Balanced sample of male and female subjects (n=66), recorded in the early 1970s. Three age groups. Younger speakers deleted word- and syllable-final (r) at a higher rate than middle-aged and older speakers. In the 1990s, 5 male and 5 female subjects re-recorded, plus 18 younger speakers (9 male, 9 female). The 10 re-interviewed speakers reduced their frequency of (r)-deletion as they got older. The 18 younger speakers matched the level of their peers a generation earlier. Interpretation: age-grading.