Vozes em disputa: aporofobia e preconceito linguístico no ensino de língua portuguesa

Abstract

This study discusses the relationship between aporophobia, linguistic prejudice, and Portuguese language teaching. The aim of the research is to reflect on how discrimination based on social conditions may contribute to the devaluation of certain linguistic varieties and on the implications of this process for education. To achieve this goal, a bibliographical study was carried out based mainly on the works of Adela Cortina, Marcos Bagno, and Paulo Freire. The study argues that linguistic prejudice is not related to the structural characteristics of language itself, but to the social inequalities that exist in Brazilian society. In this context, it highlights the important role of schools both in teaching the standard variety and in valuing linguistic diversity. The study concludes that language education committed to citizenship should provide students with access to the standard variety without devaluing the linguistic varieties they use in their everyday lives.