Aspetos da notação formal em Fonologia: breve relance sobre as suas motivações e alcance e exercício preliminar de aplicação de notação declarativa ao português

Abstract

Formal notation is one of the essential requirements for formal approaches in many scientific areas. In itself, it can also correspond to an explicit attainment of scientific description. In this work, we will provide a general framework of the importance of notation for the expression of scientific thought, analyzing some of its characteristics and objectives. Based on this review, essential aspects related to the use of formal notation in linguistic studies - and, in particular, in various models of phonology (monostratal and multistratal, derivational and non-derivational models) - will be covered. Assuming Declarative Phonology as an adequate explanatory model for reconciling the observation of phonetic-phonological properties with its symbolic notation, a few formalizations of phonotactic restrictions in Portuguese will be proposed.