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One day an Indian gentleman, a snake charmer, arrived in England by plane. He was coming from Bombay with two pieces of luggage. The big of them contained a snake. A man and a litt

Interpretação de Textos (Understanding)

IDECAN · 2016

One day an Indian gentleman, a snake charmer, arrived in England by plane. He was coming from Bombay with two pieces of luggage. The big of them contained a snake. A man and a little boy was watching him at the customs area. The man said to the little boy “Go and speak to the gentleman”. When the little boy was speaking with the traveller, the thief took the big suitcase and went out quickly. When the victim saw that he cried, “Help me! Help me! A thief!” A police officer was in this corner whistle but it was too late. The thieves escaped with the big suitcase, took their car and went in the traffic. Later they had a big surprise because the suitcase contain a snake.

 

(ELLIS, Rod. Second Language Acquisition. 

Oxford University Press. Pag. 15-16.)

 

The use of “contained” and “contain” indicates:

  1. Error.
  2. Mistake.
  3. Fossilization.
  4. Overgeneralization.
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Trata-se de um Mistake: uma falha de desempenho, isto é, o aprendiz já conhece a forma correta, mas a usa incorretamente em uma ocasião.

No texto, a primeira ocorrência, contained, está correta e revela conhecimento do passado do verbo. A segunda ocorrência, contain, apresenta um desalinho de tempo verbal (presente em lugar do passado), indicando que o falante sabia a forma, mas incorreu num deslize ao produzir a frase.

Como o erro não decorre de desconhecimento da regra, mas de uso inadequado em contexto concreto, classifica‑se como Mistake. A correção imediata seria repetir o passado: contained.

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