Contributos para o estudo da variação na frequência de ocorrência de unidades e padrões fonológicos

Abstract

In this paper, we examine the frequency of phonological units and patterns in two oral corpora of European Portuguese: the corpus TA90PE, containing interviews from different regions of Portugal, and the corpus TQT, containing oral samples collected in Terra Quente Transmontana. The results contribute to determine the scope and limits of frequency variation, showing that the distribution of some of the phonological units and patterns examined is influenced by geographical and social factors, such as education and age. It is suggested that these later aspects, together with other linguistic data, may contribute to draw linguistic profiles in forensic analyses.