TRACING LIMITS AND SUGGESTING DISTINCTIONS: PAJUBÁ AND DISSIDENT LEXICON
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https://doi.org/10.5212/Uniletras.v.48.26333.2026Abstract
In a variety of texts, pajubá has been labeled in different ways: language, vocabulary (or lexical repertoire), dialect, language, and sociolect. In this article, we outline some limits and suggest certain distinctions regarding this set of lexemes commonly associated with the LGBTQIAPN+ community. To do so, we draw on theoretical texts, primarily from the fields of Lexicology, Sociolinguistics, and Dialectology, as well as news articles – the latter available through the Google Search engine. We propose that, in addition to being a vocabulary, pajubá today can no longer be considered a group slang, but rather a common slang, given its expansion beyond the aforementioned restricted group. Furthermore, the predominance of Brazilian Portuguese morphosyntactic structures and lexical units, along with the occasional use of one or another Yoruba unit, also allows us to characterize it as a sociolect. Finally, if considered in terms of contingency, this vocabulary forms part of what we here term dissident lexicon.
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