THE USE OF SUBJECT-OBJECT PRONOUNS AS A TREND IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE

ANALYSIS AND DIDACTIC APPROACH THROUGH BRAZILIAN SONGS AND COMMENTS ON THEIR MUSIC VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE

Abstract

This work aims to analyze, in Brazilian songs and comments on their YouTube music videos, the use of subject-object pronouns as a trend in Brazilian Portuguese (BP) in constructions with the verb “let” followed by an Infinitive, as well as to present a teaching proposal related to this theme. To this end, a parallel was established between theoretical assumptions of Traditional Grammar and Sociolinguistics, which subsidized the analysis of the songs Let me love you (Fernando and Sorocaba, 2023), Let her know (Henrique and Juliano, 2016) and Let him suffer (Anitta, 2015), as well as three comments on their YouTube music videos. Methodologically, in terms of ends, means, and approach, this research is classified as descriptive-explanatory, documentary, and qualitative. Generally, it was found that, in this context, the use of subject-object pronouns in constructions with the verb “let” followed by an Infinitive constitutes a preference of use among the singers of the Brazilian songs contemplated and their respective target audience. In addition, it was noticed that, although the standard norm conceives it as an error liable to ungrammaticality for deviating from grammatical prescriptions, this characteristic, on the contrary, reflects a rule of its own in BP, endowed with equal functionality, especially when its effectiveness of communication in real contexts of language use is attested.