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Teresa Susana Bengala Simao
The linguistic border in Marvão / Valencia de Alcántara does not correspond to the geopolitical border between Portugal and Spain. This is explained by the fact that a Portuguese linguistic variety used in the Northeast part of Alentejo expanded to Spain and characterizes a large region in Valencia de Alcántara. The variety of Marvão / Valencia de Alcántara belongs to the Southern Centre Portuguese dialects (Beira Baixa and Alto Alentejo), and therefore shares their main characteristics. However, it differs from the varieties spoken in the surrounding villages due to some particularities at both phonetical-phonological and lexical-semantic levels.
As this linguistic variety is vulnerable in Portugal and it is seriously endangered in the Spanish territory, it is urgent to implement some measures to reverse the situation and contribute to its revitalization. This paper aims to describe the linguistic situation of the region, to present the main phonetical-phonological, morphosyntactic and lexical-semantic features of this border dialect, and to show some possible strategies to reverse the disappearance trend that the variety of Marvão/Valencia de Alcántara is facing.The linguistic border in Marvão / Valencia de Alcántara does not correspond to the geopolitical border between Portugal and Spain. This is explained by the fact that a Portuguese linguistic variety used in the Northeast part of Alentejo expanded to Spain and characterizes a large region in Valencia de Alcántara. The variety of Marvão / Valencia de Alcántara belongs to the Southern Centre Portuguese dialects (Beira Baixa and Alto Alentejo), and therefore shares their main characteristics. However, it differs from the varieties spoken in the surrounding villages due to some particularities at both phonetical-phonological and lexical-semantic levels.
As this linguistic variety is vulnerable in Portugal and it is seriously endangered in the Spanish territory, it is urgent to implement some measures to reverse the situation and contribute to its revitalization. This paper aims to describe the linguistic situation of the region, to present the main phonetical-phonological, morphosyntactic and lexical-semantic features of this border dialect, and to show some possible strategies to reverse the disappearance trend that the variety of Marvão/Valencia de Alcántara is facing.
Na região de Marvão / Valencia de Alcántara, a fronteira linguística não corresponde à geopolítica, daí que uma variedade do Português usada no Nordeste do Alentejo se tenha expandido para Espanha e caracterizado uma zona considerável do território de Valencia de Alcántara. Integrado nos dialetos portugueses centro-meridionais, na variedade da Beira Baixa e Alto Alentejo, partilha a maior parte das suas características, todavia, demarca-se dos falares dos concelhos circundantes por algumas particularidades nos domínios fonético-fonológico e léxico-semântico. Como esta variedade linguística se encontra vulnerável em território português e está seriamente em perigo em território espanhol, é urgente que se deem passos concretos com vista à sua revitalização. O presente artigo pretende dar a conhecer o panorama linguístico da região, apresentar as principais características fonético-fonológicas, morfossintáticas e léxico-semânticas deste falar raiano, bem como apontar alguns caminhos para inverter a tendência de desaparecimento.
