O vocabulário de Herberto Sales

Abstract

This doctoral thesis aimed to develop the vocabulary of the bahian writer Herberto de Azevedo Sales (1917-1999). In order to do so, five literary works were selected as the research corpus: Cascalho (2011 [1944]), Além dos Marimbus (1965 [1961]), Dados biográficos do finado Marcelino (2009a [1965]), Rio dos Morcegos (1993), and A Prostituta (1996), which compose the literary textual basis for the analysis and classification of words present in the author's work. The corpus analysis was carried out supported by WordSmith Tools and FLEX computer programs, allowing the construction of a lexical database and the systematization of entries. The criterion for choosing lexical units is consonant with the author's representativeness and his relationship with Chapada Diamantina-BA, a region that permeates his work, both thematically and linguistically. It was given priority to lexical units that express cultural, geographic, historical, and social characteristics of the territory, in order to highlight the linguistic singularity portrayed by Herberto Sales. The theoretical-methodological foundation is based on studies of Lexicology and Lexicography, on authors such as Barros (2004), Berber Sardinha (2004), Biderman (2001b), Borba (2003), Carballo (2003), Porto Dapena (2002), Welker (2004), Vilela (1995), Pottier (1972), among others. As a result, 1.150 entries were organized, distributed semasiologically and ordered from A to Z. Of the categories of lexias catalogued, totaling 1,150 units, 847 simple lexias, 150 compound lexias, 95 complex lexias and 58 phraseological units were identified. The vocabulary is available in digital format at the website www.vocabularioherbertosales.com.br, created exclusively for this purpose and structured with multimodal features that enhance the user experience through visual, audio, and interactive resources. A printable version is also available on the same website and it is included as an appendix to this doctoral thesis. The lexical units were classified according to their grammatical category: masculine noun, feminine noun, verb, adjective, adverb, popular expression, among others, and separated in simple lexical units, compound lexical units, complex lexical units, and phraseological units. Each entry presentes: the base form, grammatical class, definition, and collocations, and may, in some cases, contain illustrative images or videos related to the base form. The computational processing of the corpus provided agility in the analysis and secure storage of data, contributing to a greater productivity, accessibility, and dissemination of the content. The digital edition of the Vocabulário Herberto Sales is an instrument for enhancing the author's linguistic identity and, by extension, Chapada Diamantina’s as well, by contributing to the preservation of regional linguistic memory and offering support for academic, educational, and cultural purposes.