Os caminhos e descaminhos da sociolinguística histórica no Brasil

The Historical Sociolinguistics in Brazil: paths and challenges roundtable proposes to discuss the paths and deviations of Historical Sociolinguistics in Brazil, discussing as a central question how the nature of the corpus used can influence the results obtained. Divided into three moments, the table starts with professor Celia Regina dos Santos Lopes (UFRJ), addressing reflections about historical Sociolinguistics, presenting letters as documentary sources. Subsequently, professor Rosane de Andrade Berlink (UNESP) continues the discussions presenting the use of theater plays for socio-historical studies of the language, with the table ending with a presentation by professor Huda da Silva Santiago (UEFS) who deals with some reflections on identification of inability in writing in diachronic corpora.