"UM ARTIGO OU NUMERAL: REFLEXÕES MORFOSSINTÁTICAS"

Abstract

The present work has the purpose of investigating a gap or non-existent in the grammatical knowledge of the Portuguese-speaking student through the indefinite article and the cardinal number "one", as a mechanism of analysis. Taking into account the difficulties presented in the undergraduate course in Portuguese, notable in the discipline of syntax, in search of researching the issue of lag in the grammatical knowledge of students of letters. Thus, as such, it was necessary to collect data in order to confirm the estimate in question. To arrive at the result, a questionnaire was applied as a field research with some students of Portuguese letters from the Federal University of Paraíba. Subsequently, we verified that a possible gap was certified as a statement that there is still a deficiency in the grammatical knowledge of undergraduate students in Portuguese, as the results with inadequate responses had a higher percentage than the appropriate responses. Therefore, even so, it does not necessarily prove the gap put in question in this work, as the research can be approached in the future, involving other methods, given that, we could affirm a possible gap. As the main basis for the work and knowledge about the indefinite article and the cardinal number “UM”, five fundamental grammars were used as a research instrument, whose authors are: TERRA (2011), CUNHA; CINTRA (2001), CHERRY; MAGALHÃES (2016), FARACO; MOURA (1997), CIPRO NETO; INFANTE (2008). Anyway, tacitly, as a scenario for this discussion, is the concern of trained students who reach the job market without mastering basic knowledge of morphosyntactics, still considered essential for Brazilian basic education institutions.