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Lexicology. Neology. Neologism. Song lyrics. Funk. Native language teaching.
This research aims to present an intervention proposal that, starting from the musical genre funk, can provide students with knowledge about neology and neologisms. Considering that language is constituted as an open and indeterminate system, it is natural for linguistic signs to undergo renewal as new words are created and existing words are redefined. Words, whether written or spoken, result from a cultural and historical process that indicates transformations experienced by society. The choice of the theme is due to the need for Portuguese language teaching based on textual genres, considering the context in which students are immersed, with funk lyrics being a very popular genre in the outskirts of big cities. The intention is to demystify teaching that overvalues normative grammar and demonstrate to students that the process of language evolution is constant and occurs in all spaces, including the communities they belong to. The work is primarily based on the perspectives of Alves (1990), Biderman (2001), Almeida and Correia (2012), Bakhtin (1981), and Marcuschi (2008). It is an action research with a qualitative approach focused on the teacher/student relationship. Initially, a bibliographic research will be conducted to serve as a basis for the application of a station rotation following the studies of Bacich and Trevisani. Through the administration of a questionnaire, an initial diagnosis was made regarding the knowledge the class has about the funk music genre, and based on that, theory and practice regarding the study of neology and neologisms will be developed in the following modules. Thus, it highlights an approach to teaching that values the linguistic and sociocultural repertoire presented by the students and advocates for their awareness as agents of transformation of their own language.