HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC THOUGHT AND GRAMMAR PRAXIS IN BRAZIL: IS IT POSSIBLE TO PERIODIZE?

Abstract

In the article, we discuss a didactic model for the periodization of the history of linguistic thought in Brazil, based on the theoretical-methodological model of Pierre Swiggers (2012; 2019; BATISTA, 2019; ALTMAN, 2019) and on periodization studies of the history of grammar, by Ricardo Cavaliere (2002; 2012). Our proposal, still in the development and theoretical debate phase (KALTNER, 2019, 2020a, 2020b), is to link the history of linguistic thought in Brazil to institutional history, in which there were three great specific administrative models: the ancient colony, the Empire and the Republic. These changes can also be related to three moments in the development of the history of linguistic thought: a missionary period, a secular period and a scientific period, according to the theoretical model still in development. As a case study, we propose to analyze a periodization related to the Art of Grammar of the most used language on the coast of Brazil (ANCHIETA, 1595), the first work with metalinguistic reflections in the context of Brazil, written between 1554 and 1556.