THE DENOMINATIVE VARIATION IN LIBRAS IN MARANHÃO: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SIGNS-TERM OF ELETROTECHNICAL USED AT IFMA/MONTE CASTELO AND AT SENAI-MA

ABSTRACT This article consists in a study about the terminological variation in the Brazilian Sign Language - Libras, in the context of the electrical engineering field in São Luís City -Maranhão State. More precisely, this research aimed to analyze the main factors of denominative variation of signs-term used in electrotechnical courses offered by the Instituto Federal do Maranhão - IFMA/Monte Castelo and by Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial - SENAI/MA. Theoretically and methodologically, this work is supported by the studies developed by Cabré (1995), Felten (2016), Krieger (2001), Prometi et al. (2015), Quadros (2019), among others. The analyzed data were taken from two glossaries from Maranhão on electrotechnics produced for the deaf community: the glossary produced by SENAI-MA group (2011) and the author’s glossary (2019). The results obtained confirm the principles of the Communicative Theory of Terminology - CTT, since the expressive number of denominative variants cataloged in Libras, in the field of electrotechnics, it corroborates the assertion that there is variation in the specialized discourse and that this variation is caused by different factors: different interaction contexts, different social profiles, among others. For these reasons, it was aimed, in this work, highlighting the need to expand terminological studies related to Libras, contributing to the reflection on the importance of standardization as opposed to standardization in the area of Terminology and promote works that contribute to the inclusive education for the deaf people also in technical areas, such as the electrotechnics ones.

摘要
本研究围绕巴西手语（Libras）在巴西马兰昂州圣路易斯市电气工程领域的术语变体现象展开系统探究。具体而言，本研究旨在剖析马兰昂联邦理工学院（Instituto Federal do Maranhão, IFMA）蒙特卡斯泰洛校区与巴西工业学习全国服务中心（Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial, SENAI）马兰昂分支所开设的电工课程中，手语术语称谓变体的核心影响因素。
本研究在理论与方法论层面，依托Cabré（1995）、Felten（2016）、Krieger（2001）、Prometi等（2015）、Quadros（2019）等学者的研究成果开展。本次分析所用数据取自两份面向马兰昂州聋人群体编制的电工专业术语表：其一为SENAI-MA团队于2011年编制的术语表，其二为本研究作者于2019年编制的个人术语表。
本研究所得结果印证了术语交际理论（Communicative Theory of Terminology, CTT）的核心原则：在电气工程领域的巴西手语中，经整理编目的称谓变体数量可观，这佐证了专业话语存在变体且该变体由多重因素驱动的论断，这些因素涵盖不同的互动场景、各异的社会背景等。
基于上述研究结论，本研究旨在强调拓展巴西手语相关术语学研究的必要性，推动学界反思术语学领域中标准化相较于非标准化的重要性，并助力开展相关工作，以促进聋人群体在包括电气工程在内的技术领域接受融合教育。