https://tedebc.ufma.br/jspui/handle/tede/1376 2026-08-26T11:39:39Z https://tedebc.ufma.br/jspui/handle/tede/7175 Título: Metáfora cognitivo-discursiva e argumentação nos textos sobre a covid-19 no ambiente digital Autor: CUNHA, Jackeline Braga Primeiro orientador: ARANHA, Marize Barros Rocha Abstract: The pandemic caused by COVID-19 left deep marks on society and will be remembered by all those who experienced moments of pain, loss, and challenges. By proposing this research on cognitive-discursive metaphor and argumentation in texts related to COVID-19 in the digital environment, the aim is to understand, at least in part, how this phenomenon affects human language. Based on the hypothesis that individuals, in general, use cognitive and argumentative mechanisms to share and defend worldviews and beliefs, this research primarily aims to analyze conceptual metaphors employed as argumentative strategies to refer to COVID-19 in news headlines published on websites between the years 2020 and 2021. More specifically, it aims to identify metaphorical occurrences in these headlines and highlight constructions that contribute to argumentativity in the digital environment. To achieve these objectives, we rely on the theoretical assumptions of Lakoff and Johnson (2002) on Conceptual Metaphor Theory and the theories of Amossy (2018) regarding Argumentation in Discourse. In addition to these authors, the studies of Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca (2005), Sontag (1984, 2007), Vereza (2007; 2013; 2020), Abreu (2009; 2010), Ferrari (2014) and Sperandio (2021) also support this research. This study is characterized by a qualitative and descriptive approach, as it seeks to explain and describe phenomena, through characteristics or patterns observed in each context, in this case in texts about COVID-19, in the digital environment. Regarding the objective, it is explanatory research of a bibliographic nature, whose corpus consists of headlines from news websites and blogs found through the Google search tool. These headlines construct their argumentation through the metaphors COVID-19 IS WAR, COVID-19 IS A NATURAL PHENOMENON, and COVID-19 IS A MONSTER. Based on the analyses, it was possible to observe how, in each headline, the speaker builds their argument before an audience using conceptual metaphors, verbal mechanisms, and argumentative schemes. Instituição: Universidade Federal do Maranhão Tipo do documento: Dissertação 2024-12-06T00:00:00Z https://tedebc.ufma.br/jspui/handle/tede/7060 Título: São Luís nas linhas da crônica: Uma análise da memória a partir de José Chagas Autor: FURTADO, Celyanne Geyse Cardoso Primeiro orientador: CAVALCANTE, José Dino Costa Abstract: This research aims to analyze the memories of the city in the chronicles of José Chagas, found in the following works: Da Arte de Falar Bem (2004), and Pedra de Assunto (1961). It also examines how the chronicler portrays and appreciates the city of São Luís in the selected chronicles, with a central focus on investigating memory through these texts. For this purpose, it was essential to conceptualize the chronicle from the perspective of literary history and literary theory. Therefore, we drew upon the studies of literary critics such as Antonio Candido, Eduardo Portella, Massaud Moisés, and Jorge de Sá, whose respective theories were fundamental to the development and investigation of this work. In addition, we explored José Chagas’s chronicles, selecting those that refer to the city of São Luís. We also analyzed the chronicles in terms of their linguistic and literary characteristics within various discursive contexts. Subsequently, we investigated the presence of memory in Chagas’s chronicles. To this end, we considered the memorialist perspective in the chronicler’s work, based on the studies of Angélica Soares, Maurice Halbwachs, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Michael Pollak, and Paul Ricoeur. This extensive theoretical framework proved to be highly relevant in addressing memorialistic production. Thus, this research aligns with the idea that reflecting on memory through the chronicle and, consequently, through Maranhão literature means thinking with literature itself, embracing the reflection and writing that the chronicle offers through memory. The research is qualitative, grounded in the comprehensive development of this study. It consists of a content analysis investigation, with primary focus on the theorists and critics of the chronicle and memory presented throughout this research. It interprets, from literary, social, and philosophical perspectives, how such an approach is represented in the chronicles of José Chagas. Instituição: Universidade Federal do Maranhão Tipo do documento: Dissertação 2026-04-24T00:00:00Z https://tedebc.ufma.br/jspui/handle/tede/7041 Título: O conhecimento sobre o léxico como manifestação da maranhensidade: uma investigação sobre língua e identidade Autor: ARAUJO, Jader Cavalcante de Primeiro orientador: MUGSCHL, Sonia Maria Correa Pereira Abstract: This study investigates the level of recognition of Maranhês expressions among adolescent students enrolled in high school at a private institution in São Luís, Maranhão. It also aims to analyze the presence of these expressions in the participants‘ linguistic repertoire. The theoretical and methodological foundations of this research are grounded in Sociolinguistics, based on the studies of renowned scholars such as Labov (2008) and Tarallo (1996). Dialectology and Lexicology also permeate the discussions presented here, particularly drawing on Cardoso, Mota and Mollica (2014) and Biderman (2001).The research is quantitative in nature, with qualitative data analysis, and was conducted through a questionnaire administered via Google Forms to 60 students, mostly aged between 15 and 17 years. The results show that a significant number of participants have internalized a reasonable level of Maranhês, as 44.5% of the expressions presented were recognized. However, this contrasts with a low percentage of effective use of this linguistic variety (9.6%), revealing a discrepancy between receptive and productive competence and suggesting the possibility of an ongoing process of language shift. The analysis of the data leads to the conclusion that knowledge of Maranhês, although reduced — mainly due to the effects of globalization — remains present in the participants‘ linguistic memory. However, its effective use has declined, indicating a weakening of its vitality as a social practice. Instituição: Universidade Federal do Maranhão Tipo do documento: Dissertação 2026-04-20T00:00:00Z https://tedebc.ufma.br/jspui/handle/tede/6999 Título: EDUCAÇÃO LINGUÍSTICA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA NA INFÂNCIA: Uma etnografia com um aluno autista Autor: SILVA, Érica Aline da Primeiro orientador: EGIDO, Alex Alves Abstract: The present research, with a qualitative approach and ethnographic orientation, is situated in the field of Applied Linguistics and in the area of Language Education. The theoretical foundation is based on studies by researchers in Critical Applied Linguistics, such as (Pennycook, 2001; Moita Lopes, 2006), as well as on authors in Critical Language Education, such as (Ferraz, 2018; Jacomini, 2024), Language Education with children with ASD (Ferreira, 2021), Language Education with children (Malta, 2019; Merlo, 2018; Tonelli, 2023), Language Education in/with Childhood (Tonelli; Selbach; Kawachi Furlan, Bailer, 2025), Alterity, Sensitivity and Ethics (Egido, 2022, 2024; Todd, 2014, 2016), among others. Its general objective is to identify constituent elements that may lead to a Critical Language Education in the context of English Language Education in Childhood. In order to achieve this purpose, two specific objectives were established: (i) to identify elements that promote Critical Language Education from the teacher’s perspective; and (ii) to identify elements that promote Critical Language Education from the family’s perspective. The guiding questions of this research are: 1 - Which elements promote Critical Language Education from the teacher’s perspective?; 2 - Which elements promote Critical Language Education from the family’s perspective? For the development of this research, we adopted a qualitative-interpretivist approach with an ethnographic orientation. As instruments for the generation of empirical material, we used semi-structured interviews and observations conducted in the context of the English language classroom. The participants in the study were an English language teacher, the mother of an autistic student, the student himself, and the researcher. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, the investigation was developed based on the methodological procedures of Paradigmatic and Syntagmatic Analysis, as outlined by (Reis, 2015, 2018; Capellini-Petreche, 2020). Among the results of the analyses, it was identified that aspects of Critical Language Education grounded in affectivity can contribute to breaking barriers frequently faced by students with ASD in the process of learning the English language, which are crossed by the particularities inherent to the child’s development. The research showed that a Critical Language Education supported by alterity, subjectivity and sensitivity can transform the ways in which subjects exercise their agency and construct perceptions about themselves and about others, favoring the strengthening of subjectivities and the development of alterity in the classroom context. In this way, this research indicates that there is hope and possibility of “bringing colors” to Critical Language Education, contributing to the construction of more human, sensitive and inclusive meanings for language. Instituição: Universidade Federal do Maranhão Tipo do documento: Dissertação 2026-04-27T00:00:00Z