Concepções de professores de língua portuguesa do ensino fundamental da rede pública do Rio Grande Do Sul sobre o uso da linguagem não binária no Brasil

Abstract

The theme of this research deals with the conceptions of Portuguese Language teachers about the neutral use of gender in the use of language in Brazil. This theme is justified by the debate, in the last decade, in several countries and also in Brazil, having entered the school system, about the use of new gender neutral markings in Brazilian Portuguese. Such uses are already present in communications between children and young people through social networks. The objective of this research is to know if Portuguese Language teachers reproduce a language conservatism discourse or, on the other hand, if they defend a position closer to the current concepts of variationist sociolinguistics; or even, a definite conception about the issue of the use of a non-binary language is presented. Therefore, a case study was carried out, in which six Portuguese language teachers from the public school system in Rio Grande do Sul participated in the survey in October 2021. The study considers that most teachers in practice understand that the use of marking gender neutrality in the Portuguese language already occurs in its system. However, it is recognized that new gender neutral marks that emerge are not necessary to mark the process of inclusion of marginalized groups. However, the inclusive use of language is an important issue in Education for building a society in which everyone participates.