Processos de composição dos sinais em Libras dos bairros de São Luís

Abstract

This paper presents a study on the morphology of the Brazilian Sign Language - Libras. It aims to identify the morphological compositional processes in the signs of the neighbourhoods of São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. This is descriptive research, with a quantitative and qualitative approach. For analysis, were selected 70 signs from neighbourhoods in São Luís- MA present on the Maranhão em Sinais platform. These signs were analysed using the theory from Felipe (2006) and Rodero-Takahira (2020), grouped according to juxtaposition and agglutina-tion processes. Four different groups of signs were found, the composed of juxtaposition, the composed of ag-glutination, the composed of juxtaposition and agglutination, and the simple signs. The morphological process identified were grouped into three main groups: (i) signs composed of juxtaposition, (ii) signs composed of agglu-tination, and (iii) signs composed of juxtaposition and agglutination. In the first group, 42 signs with a morpho-logical juxtaposition process were observed, including: 13 signs with spelling + sign; 2 signs with sign + spell; 18 signs with sign + sign; 2 signs with sign + classifier; 1 sign with classifier + sign; 2 signs with spelling + classifier; and 4 signs with spelling + spelling. In the second group, 25 signs composed of agglutination were identified, including: 1 sign with sign + sign; 10 signs with spelling + sign; 5 signs with spelling + classifier; and 9 signs with spelling + spelling. In third group, 3 signs composed of juxtaposition and agglutination were identified, and there was no subgroup. The analysis demonstrated that there are more signs with juxtaposition processes, while signs composed by agglutination are less. In addition, it was able to verify the presence of 03 neighbourhoods in the website with only spelling, and the absence of signs for 07 neighbourhoods of São Luís. We hope that this re-search will encourage more researchers to carry out studies related to these issues and contribute to the process of disseminating Libras and the inclusion of the deaf and their language in society.