ANOTAÇÃO DE CORPUS EM AKUNTSÚ (TUPÍ, TUPARÍ) E O MODELO DE DEPENDÊNCIAS UNIVERSAIS: ASPECTOS DESCRITIVOS E ETNOHISTÓRICOS

Abstract

The present study delineates the corpus annotations of the Akuntsú language, a member of the Tupí, Tuparí linguistic family, and the application of the Universal Dependencies model in describing indigenous languages. In this context, it establishes interdisciplinary connections between linguistic studies and the field of Ethno-history. Indigenous languages are characterized by a historical erasure, as noted by Cavalcante in 2011, resulting in the loss of linguistic diversity, cultural identity, and significant values within indigenous communities. The rationale for this work lies in the importance of leveraging technological tools such as Annotatrix and the CoNLL-U format of Universal Dependencies (De Marneffe, 2021) for the documentation of minority languages through the creation of treebanks.The initial stage of this study involves a discussion of relevant bibliographic references that underpin this research, including works by Aragon (2014), Cunha (1992), Mezacasa (2021), De Alencar (2023), Rodrigues (2015), Aragon and Algayer (2020), Himmelman (1998), and De Marneffe et al. (2014). The subsequent stage entails the annotation of data in the Akuntsú language, conducted during the course of the PIBIC project "Educação, Linguística, História e Comunidades Indígenas'' (Notice 2021- 2021) at the Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). The findings demonstrate that linguistic description, coupled with morphosyntactic annotations, serves as a means of historical preservation, documenting, and elucidating the oral histories of the Akuntsú people. In this manner, we aspire to pave the way for future research in this field, recognizing its importance in fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and the exploration of language studies concentrated on minority populations.