A Teoria Gerativa nos estudos de aquisição do português brasileiro

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present some of the studies on the acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese as a first language, which have been published in the last few years in our country, making use of the generative grammar theory in their analysis of the child´s speech data. The topics that have been analysed are the systems: D, IP, CP, and complementation/adjunction in complex sentences. Additional research on the acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese as a second language is also shown. The studies briefly discussed here can contribute to prove the relevance of the generative theory in the development of the Language Acquisition area.