A IMPORTÂNCIA DO RECONHECIMENTO DE LÍNGUAS MINORITÁRIAS PELO ESTADO BRASILEIRO: O EXEMPLO DO TALIAN, LÍNGUA DE REFERÊNCIA CULTURAL BRASILEIRA

Abstract

Language is an instrument with to a communicative function, however, but this isn’t the only role. Language importance permeates several areas of knowledge and constitutes an important factor for human identity, as it established as a peculiar characteristic of a nation and a people. The present research aims, manly, to understand how the process of recognition as a Brazilian Cultural Reference Language contributed to the safeguarding of the Talian Language, based on a survey of the main influences and linguistic attitudes of speakers of this language. To this end, the methodology is based on Variationist Sociolinguistics assumptions, guided by the direct method. In this sense, a sociolinguistic questionnaire was applied to the selected informants, all Talian holders, or which was composed of open questions, allowing the subjects to openly list their personal experiences regarding aspects related to the language. From the analysis of this data, obtained through the responses brought by the informants, the hypothesis was confirmed that the recognition of the Talian Language as a Brazilian Cultural Reference Language, in 2014, brought new vigor to actions in favor of the language and increased speakers' self-esteem. According to the data, this is a great achievement, mainly because it is a national policy, a fact that expands the possibilities of using the language, the visibility of the language and the pride in using it.