2018-04-252018-04-252007-12CASTRO, Maria Célia Dias de; AGUIAR, Maria Suelí de. O alçamento e abaixamento vocálicos no dialeto da região do gerais de balsas. Signótica, Goiânia, v. 19, n. 2, p. 277-298, jul./dez. 2007. Disponível em: <https://www.revistas.ufg.br/sig/article/view/7470/5293>.0103-7250http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/14666This paper aims at presenting a preliminary analysis of the phonetic-phonological aspects of the raising and lowering of pre-tonic vowels, in order to perceive some peculiarities on the surface of the language which are present in the speech. Basing on these signs, we try to understand the constitution of the vowel system of sixty-year-old speakers who were born in the rural zone of Balsas, in the south of Maranhão. The interviews were made informally during social interactions. In the speech events selected from the interviews, we will attempt to identify some forms of linguistic construction common to the local dialect.porAcesso AbertoFenômenos vocálicosProcessos vocálicosSistema vocálicoVowels phenomenaVowels processesVowels systemO alçamento e abaixamento vocálicos no dialeto da região do gerais de balsasThe vocalic raising and lowering in the dialect of the gerais de balsas regionArtigo10.5216/sig.v19i2.7470