The study undertaken here on the sonorous symbolism in the Brazilian Portuguese was a challenge. Mainly, for the sparing references about the subject in the Portuguese language. Such process not yet was studied, with particular inclination in the Brazilian Portuguese, but, between few, some existing studies can be found in other languages, as: bengali (DIMOCK, 1957), Bini (WESCOTT, 1973), koreano (LEE, 1992), in the variety of the English spoken in Singapura (LIM, 1998) and Japanese (TAKEMOTO 1998). The current study is considered to verify it the presence of idiophones in the Brazilian Portuguese, from data of Paraense speech. However, if it makes necessary an ample and integrated study that contemplates a description of the process in the speech of all the Brazilian regions.
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