The Joaquim Mattoso Câmara Junior´S Phonological Ideas

We present here an analysis of For the study of Portuguese phonemics from Mattoso Câmara Jr. (1953) showing his innovatory nature in relation to both the kind of argumentation that is presented and the analysis proposal in itself. The work focuses on the most controversial topics – the non-phonemic status of nasal vowels, the formation of plural nouns ending in aõ and the phonologic representation of the róticos – showing that his proposal would be in accordance with the generative framework.KEYWORDS: Brazilian linguistics historiograph. Portuguese phonology. Nasal vowels. Róticos.Apresenta-se aqui uma apreciação de Para o estudo da fonêmica portuguesa de J. Mattoso Câmara Jr. (1953), demonstrando seu caráter inovador no que se refere tanto ao tipo de argumentação apresentada quanto à proposta de análise em si. São focalizados os tópicos mais controvertidos — o estatuto não fonêmico das vogais nasais, a formação do plural dos nomes terminados em ão e a representação fonológica dos róticos - mostrando que sua proposta teria guarida certa no paradigma gerativista.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Historiografia da lingüística brasileira. Fonologia do português. Vogais nasais. Róticos. ABSTRACTWe present here an analysis of For the study of Portuguese phonemics from Mattoso Câmara Jr. (1953) showing his innovatory nature in relation to both the kind of argumentation that is presented and the analysis proposal in itself. The work focuses on the most controversial topics – the non-phonemic status of nasal vowels, the formation of plural nouns ending in aõ and the phonologic representation of the róticos – showing that his proposal would be in accordance with the generative framework.KEYWORDS: Brazilian linguistics historiograph. Portuguese phonology. Nasal vowels. Róticos