Language in the formation of identity: a study of deaf terena Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) speakers

• Grant number: 11/16606-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: February 28, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Indigenous Languages
• Principal Investigator: Cristina Martins Fargetti
• Grantee: Priscilla Alyne Sumaio
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project consists of studying deaf terena children and adolescents, who may speak LIBRAS or not (those who are verbal or can lipread Portuguese) in their relationships with their family and indigenous community, that speak only portuguease and terena, and with the dominant society. Another objective will be to understand what role the languages have in the formation of these relationships and the deaf identity. Besides this, the project seeks to discover the existence of a terena sign language.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SUMAIO, Priscilla Alyne. Sinalizando com os terena: um estudo do uso da LIBRAS e de sinais nativos por indígenas surdos. 2014. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Letras. Araraquara Araraquara.