Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:42:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 11232415 bytes, checksum: 1c66cf270d76532c9a556cb9ced8ce30 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-30 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The main objective of this research is to develop a theoretical discussion about the phenomenon of social (re)categorization and (de)legitimation of discourse, in which we take into account social, historical, cultural and cognitive aspects involved in the use of language in times of social conflict. Bearing this objective in mind, we base this study on, at least, three different fields of Linguistics, namely, Critical Discourse Analysis and its studies on (de)legitimation of discourse, Text Linguistics and its contribution with its studies on referentiation and Cognitive Linguistics and the theory of Idealized Cognitive Models. This integration of theories aims at investigating the way the personal pronoun forms of the subjective case turn it feasible to create and reflect the several social categories which may derive from the same pronoun. Besides, we also aim at investigating the role of this linguistic resource in the phenomenon of (de)legitimation of discourse. The socio-historical-cultural moment chosen to study these issues was the Civil Rights of the sixties in the United States of America. The corpus is composed of the speeches I have a dream by Martin Luther King, Jr. and The ballot or the bullet by Malcolm X. In our analysis, we investigate how the two leaders constructed their speeches around (de)legitimation of discourse and of social (re)categorization before the racial conflict the American society faced. We highlight the relation form-meaning established by the pronominal forms as cognitively motivated, lying on beliefs, values and world knowledge shared with and learned from other individuals within the socio-cultural context in which they are inserted. / Nosso objetivo principal ao desenvolvermos esta pesquisa é estabelecermos uma discussão teórica em torno da (re)categorização social e (des)legitimação de discursos, considerando aspectos sociais, históricos, culturais e cognitivos envolvidos no uso da linguagem em momentos de conflito social. Com este objetivo em mente, baseamos este estudo em, pelo menos, três ramos da linguística, a saber, a Análise Crítica do Discurso e seus estudos sobre (des)legitimação de discursos, a Linguística Textual e sua contribuição sobre o processo de referenciação e a Linguística Cognitiva com sua teoria dos Modelos Cognitivos Idealizados. Esta integração de teorias visa a investigar o modo como a utilização de formas pronominais pessoais do caso sujeito viabiliza a criação de e reflete as várias categorias sociais que emanam de um mesmo pronome. Além disso, investigamos o papel deste recurso linguístico na (des)legitimação de discursos. O momento sóciohistórico- cultural que escolhemos para refletirmos sobre estas questões foi o Movimento por Direitos Civis dos anos sessenta nos Estados Unidos da América e o corpus selecionado é composto pelos discursos I have a dream de Martin Luther King, Jr. e The ballot or the bullet de Malcolm X. Em nossa análise, investigamos como os dois líderes negros construíram seus discursos em torno da (des)legitimação de discursos e da (re)categorização social diante do conflito racial vivido na época. Retomamos a questão de que os pronomes estabelecem uma relação forma-significado, cognitivamente motivada, baseada em crenças, valores e conhecimentos de mundo partilhados e aprendidos com outros no contexto sóciocultural em que se encontram inseridos.

Com vistas à conceptualização do conceito de BANDIDO em 32 expressões com a estrutura bandido de x, descrevemos, nesta dissertação, os modelos cognitivos idealizados subjacentes à construção de sentido de tais expressões, postulando-lhes um caráter de modelo cognitivo complexo, nos termos de Lakoff (1987), produtivo na língua. Constituem ainda o arcabouço teórico deste estudo a Teoria da Mesclagem Conceptual (FAUCONNIER e TURNER, 2002) e a Teoria da Metáfora Conceptual (LAKOFF e JOHNSON, 1980). A análise das construções bandido de x foi realizada a partir de 137 comentários retirados da internet e definições elaboradas por 15 alunos do ensino fundamental; 18 do ensino médio e 20 alunos do ensino superior. Os alunos que colaboraram com a pesquisa definiram 24 expressões bandido de x. A pesquisa obedeceu ao procedimento qualitativo de análise dos dados, no qual observamos as diferentes interpretações dadas para as expressões, fundamentando-as a partir dos processos cognitivos envolvidos no sentido das mesmas. Assim com base na análise dos comentários de internautas e nas definições de alunos, propomos quatro processos de conceptualização para as expressões bandido de x: (a) conceptualização com base em modelos cognitivos proposicionais, em que x é um locativo interpretado como lugar de origem ou de atuação do bandido bandido de morro, bandido de rua, bandido de cadeia ; (b) conceptualização com base em modelos esquemático-imagéticos, em que observamos a atribuição de uma espécie de escala ao sentido atribuído à construção, culminando em diferentes status para a categoria BANDIDO DE X, subjacente a expressões bandido de primeira/segunda/quinta categoria/linha; (c) conceptualização de BANDIDO DE X com base em modelos metonímicos, em que x é uma peça do vestuário/calçado/acessório, de modo a interpretar o BANDIDO como pertencendo a uma categoria que costuma utilizar determinada peça de roupa, acessório ou calçado bandido de colarinho branco, bandidos de farda, bandido de chinelo ; (d) conceptualização de BANDIDO DE X com base em modelos metafóricos, em que x é um conceito abstrato que pode ser entendido como um objeto possuído pelo bandido, de forma a caracterizá-lo pela maneira de agir ou expertise bandido de conceito, bandido de atitude, bandido de fé. Acreditamos, assim, na possibilidade de descrição de padrões que regem a conceptualização de BANDIDO DE X, cujos sentidos alcançados por meio de modificadores revelam a produtividade e complexidade do modelo cognitivo BANDIDO / The theme of this study is the concept of bandit. We intend to investigate, analyze and describe the idealized cognitive models of 32 expressions resulted from the construction bandit of x .We organized a corpus composed of 137 comments taken from the internet that contain bandit of x expressions. We provide a description of the Idealized Cognitive Models. It counts on the contributions of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (LAKOFF and JONHSON, 1980), Conceptual Blending Theory (FAUCONNIER and TURNER, 2002) and Idealized Cognitive Models Theory (LAKOFF, 1987). The another part of the corpus was made by analyzing responses of 15 elementary school students, 18 middle school students and 20 college students which students set 24 expressions bandit x. The research followed a qualitative procedure of data analysis which we see the different interpretations given to the terms on the basis of various cognitive processes Thus, based on analysis of comments from netizens and definitions of students, we propose four processes of conceptualization to outlaw expressions of x: (a) conceptualization based on propositional cognitive models, where x is interpreted as a rental place of origin or acting bandit - bandit hill, street thug, thug in jail - (b) conceptualization based on the schematic, pictorial models, we observe the allocation of a kind of scale to the meaning attributed to construction, culminating in different status for category villain of x, the underlying expressions bandit first / second / fifth category / line, (c) conceptualization of x-based metonymic models, where x is a piece of clothing / footwear / accessories, so to interpret the bandit as belonging to a category that tends to use certain piece of clothing, accessory or footwear - white collar crook, uniformed bandits, bandit slipper - (d) conceptualization of BANDIT of x, based on metaphorical models in x is an abstract concept that can be understood as an object owned by the BANDIT in order to characterize it by way of acting or expertise - bandit concept, attitude bandit, bandit of faith. We believe, therefore, the possibility of description of standards governing the conceptualization of BANDIT of x, whose senses achieved through modifiers reveal productivity and complexity of the cognitive model BANDIT

La régulation médicale est une sous-discipline de la Médecine d'Urgence. La tâche du médecin régulateur s'apparente à la gestion d'un environnement dynamique à risque. SimulPhone© est un nouveau type d'outil permettant de simuler un appel. L'objet de ce travail est de construire un outil d'apprentissage par simulation à partir des données de l’ingénierie cognitive. A partir de scénarios de simulation, nous avons conduit cinq expériences. La première expérience permet d'étudier la faisabilité et de déterminer les axes d'analyse. La deuxième étude teste la validité et la fidélité du simulateur. Nous avons ensuite établi un score de performance cognitive. La troisième expérience détermine un sous-groupe d'experts grâce au score précédent. Leur comportement est analysé pour chaque scénario afin d'établir un guide pédagogique. La quatrième expérience étudie l'impact de la dominance sur le raisonnement et la décision. La dernière expérience analyse les apprentissages au cours d'une journée de simulation. Les résultats des expériences retrouvent (1) un réalisme important du simulateur. Nous avons démontré (2) la validité, la fidélité intra et inter-observateur du simulateur. Ces résultats ne sont pas modifiés par la profession du participant. Dans la troisième expérience, la sous-population d'experts nous permet de construire un guide pédagogique. Dans l'arrêt cardiorespiratoire, nous avons observé une limitation de la charge cognitive de l'appelant pour lui faire réaliser un massage cardiaque par téléphone. Nous avons démontré (4) l'impact des informations paraverbales sur la décision des régulateurs. Enfin, au cours d'une journée de formation (5), nous avons observé une réactivation des connaissances antérieures. / Emergency Medical Call Center is a part of Emergency Medicine. Emergency Medical Dispatching Physician (EMDP) deals with a critical dynamic environment. SimulPhone© is a novel simulator for call center. The aim of this work is to build a training simulation tool from the cognitive engineering. With simulation scenarios, we conducted five experiments. For the first one, we tested the feasibility and determined the fields of analysis. The second study tested the validity and reliability of the simulator. We then established a cognitive performance score. The third experiment determined a subgroup with experts with the previous score. Their behaviors were analyzed for each scenario in order to establish an educational guide. The fourth experiment studied the impact of dominance on the reasoning and decision. The last one analysed the learning experience during a simulation day. Our results found (1) a significant realism of the simulator. We have demonstrated (2) the validity, reliability, intra and inter-observer simulator. These results are not affected by the profession of the participants. In the third experiment, the subgroup of experts allowed us to build an educational guide. In cardiac arrest, we observed a cognitive underload from subject to the caller in order to realise a telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation. We have demonstrated (4) the impact of paraverbal informations on the decision of EMDP. At least, during a training session (5), we observed previous knowledge awakening.

(in English): The basis of this diploma thesis is to describe business process modelling and its current use in IT companies. The subject is to determine if respondents use process modelling in their companies or if they find it unsuitable. In the theoretical part, modelling in the context of information science, new media, and some models of communication are briefly presented. An important part of the theory is focused on the chapter of cognitive modelling, as a basic approach for creating process models. It follows an introduction of process modelling and a current market overview in this industry. The practical part maps the use of modelling in companies. Methodology is presented as first followed by data analysis. The research uses questionnaire survey for data collection, for qualitative data processing applies the grounded theory. Finally, the thesis evaluates the current state of modelling on the Czech market and defines the strengths and weaknesses of the process modelling.

Die vorliegende Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit dem so genannten „Effekt zu großer Auswahl“. Der Effekt besagt, dass ein Überangebot von Auswahlalternativen negative Konsequenzen hat, in dem es beispielsweise die Motivation verringert, überhaupt eine Entscheidung zu treffen oder in dem es die subjektive Zufriedenheit mit der letztlich gewählten Alternative verringert. Die theoretischen Erklärung es Effektes sind jedoch bisher nur unzureichend präzisiert. Der Effekt steht im Widerspruch zu Axiomen der klassischen rationalen Entscheidungstheorie. Ein sicherer Nachweis des Effektes hätte daher Konsequenzen für die Theorienbildung in der Psychologie. Außerdem hätte der Effekt praktische Relevanz in angewandten Bereichen wie zum Beispiel im Konsumgütermarketing oder in der Politik. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird zunächst der Versuch unternommen, bereits publizierte Studien zu replizieren, in denen große Effektstärken gefunden wurden. In einer Serie von insgesamt drei Replikationen mit insgesamt 850 Versuchsteilnehmern ließ sich jedoch der Effekt zu großer Auswahl nicht replizieren. Der Effekt scheint demnach weniger generalisierbar als bisher angenommen und sein Auftreten hängt vermutlich von spezifischen Randbedingungen ab. Die Arbeit widmet sich im weiteren der Frage wann, wieso und unter welchen Randbedingungen ein Effekt zu großer Auswahl zu erwarten ist. Dabei eine Reihe potenzieller Randbedingungen theoretisch begründet und in sechs weiteren Experimententen mit insgesamt 595 Teilnehmern getestet. Im Ergebnis können die meisten der getesteten Randbedingungen als Erklärung für das Auftreten des Effektes ausgeschlossen werden. Eine sich daran anschließende Meta-Analyse zeigt jedoch, dass der Unterschied zwischen Studien die einen Effekt nachweisen und solchen, in denen kein Effekt auftritt, vermutlich nicht allein durch Zufallsprozesse erklärbar ist. Demnach ist eine Suche nach weiteren Randbedingungen in zukünftiger Forschung gerechtfertigt.teste diese in sechs weiteren Experimententen mit insgesamt 595 Teilnehmern. Basierend auf den Ergebnissen dieser Experimente können die meisten der getesteten Randbedingungen als Erklärung für das Auftreten des Effektes ausgeschlossen werden. Die Ergebnisse einer sich daran anschließenden Meta-Analyse veröffentlichter und unveröffentlichter Daten zeigt jedoch, dass der Unterschied zwischen Studien die einen Effekt nachweisen und solchen, in denen kein Effekt auftritt, vermutlich nicht allein durch Zufallsprozesse erklärbar ist. Demnach ist eine Suche nach weiteren Randbedingungen in zukünftiger Forschung gerechtfertigt. / This dissertation explores the so-called too-much-choice effect, according to which an overabundance of options eventually leads to negative consequences, such as a diminished motivation to choose any of them or a decreased satisfaction with the finally chosen alternative. While strong instances of this effect have been found in a small number of studies in the past, its theoretical underpinnings are still unspecific. Because the effect challenges basic axioms of rational choice theory and it also has important implications for applied fields such as marketing and public policy making, it is important to get a better understanding of the mechanisms that lead to the effect. As a starting point to test these mechanisms, an experimental paradigm is needed in which the effect reliably occurs. Therefore, I first strived to replicate previous experiments that reported large effect sizes. Yet in a series of three replications in the field and in the lab with a total of 850 participants, I did not find an effect of too much choice, suggesting that the effect is less robust than previously thought and that it depends on certain boundary conditions instead. To find out which specific conditions are necessary to reliably elicit it, I subsequently examined several boundary conditions in a series of six laboratory experiments. Based on the results of these experiments with a total of 595 participants, most of the tested boundary conditions could be ruled out as explanations of why and when the effect of too much choice occurs. The results of a meta-analysis of published and unpublished data including my own suggest that the effect of too much choice is smaller than previously thought and that the differences between the studies that found the effect and those that did not cannot be explained by mere chance. As a consequence, a further search for moderator variables in future research seems justified.

In Swedish dialects we find the terms ris,skäver and skärva referring to illnesses in children. The words are also parts of various compounds which refer to variants of the illnesses. The terms are linguistic expressions denoting two folk categories of illnesses, RIS and SKÄVER/SKÄRVA. These categories are investigated from a cognitive semantic perspective. The cognitive perspective argues that we organize our understanding of reality by using Idealized Cognitive Models (ICM) based on our physical, mental and emotional experiences of the world. The aim is twofold: to demonstrate the bases on which an experienced illness is placed in a certain category, and to show how a folk conception of illness is reflected in the word formation strategies. The word formation strategies emanate from notions of characteristic symptoms, and from notions of causes of illnesses. Both categories, RIS and SKÄVER/SKÄRVA, are based on a number of ICM's. The category RIS is a radial structure, which means that the category is held together although its members have no structural criteria in common. The category SKÄVER/SKÄRVA is a concentrating structure, meaning that all members share all structural criteria. There is a strong connection between word formation strategies and the structures of the categories. Terms related to symptoms refer to members of a category which are part of a radial structure, while terms related to causes refer to members of a category which are part of a concentrating structure. This can be explained by two of the basic assumptions of cognitive semantics: semantic content is structred and symbolized overtly on the surface form of a language and categories are conventional, based on cultural assumptions about the world. / digitalisering@umu

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T19:34:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Francis Nunes Pereira protegido.pdf: 10904617 bytes, checksum: e0998184e4e298a97bdacc02d304abd5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-05-15 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / In this thesis it is reflected about the superstructure notions from the scientific text, as basis for the establishment of reading procedures, from which it is possible to obtain as a result the textual production of the reading report genre. It is intended to verify how the superstructure, based on Textual Linguistics, can establish the bases for guidance at the textual elaboration of this genre, and how the activity helps to build social relations. The purpose is to study the implications of the genres belonging to academic context and their reflex in the process of inserting the individual in the social groups. For this, the work relies on studies on superstructure and cognitive models of global representation, understood for ideological analysis of speech, based on social and cognitive psychology, at sociology and at speech analysis. Theoretical bases get in confront, which establish the principles for a complementary study between superstructure and genres, as well as their ideological implications. It is defended in this thesis that a citizen is inserted in social groups through knowledge, domain and practice of the representation models, facing three stages: a) assimilation and acceptance of both ideologies and representation models; b) practice of the assimilated models, in agreement, including with the learned ideologies, which enable him the receiving of voice inside the group, assigned by the group itself; c) chance of proposing changes in the social representation models and in the group s beliefs, through the voice built / Nesta tese reflete-se sobre as noções da superestrutura do texto científico, como base para o estabelecimento de procedimentos de leitura, a partir dos quais se pode obter por resultado a produção textual do gênero relatório de leitura. Objetiva-se verificar como a superestrutura, com base na Lingüística Textual, pode estabelecer as bases para orientação na elaboração textual desse gênero, e como a atividade ajuda a construir relações sociais. Procura-se estudar as implicações dos gêneros pertencentes ao contexto acadêmico e seus reflexos no processo de inserção do sujeito nos grupos sociais. Para tanto, o trabalho se apóia em estudos sobre superestrutura e modelos cognitivos de representações globais, entendidos para a análise ideológica do discurso, embasada na psicologia social e cognitiva, na sociologia e na análise do discurso. Confrontam-se bases teóricas que estabelecem os princípios para um estudo complementar entre superestrutura e gêneros, bem como suas implicações ideológicas. Defende-se nesta tese que é por meio do conhecimento, domínio e prática dos modelos de representações que o cidadão se insere nos grupos sociais, passando por três estágios: a) assimilação e aceitação das ideologias e dos modelos de representações; b) prática dos modelos assimilados, em concordância, inclusive, com as ideologias aprendidas, o que possibilita a ele o recebimento de voz dentro do grupo, atribuída pelo próprio grupo; c) possibilidade de propor mudanças nos modelos de representação social e nas crenças do grupo, por meio do plurivocalismo construído

[pt] No campo da Psicologia e da Didática de Línguas, pesquisas sobre aquisição e aprendizagem do discurso argumentativo entre crianças em fase de letramento têm conduzido à avaliação dessa competência discursiva, orientada por parâmetros definidores do modelo adulto de argumentar. Em decorrência, os estudos na área tendem a avaliar o texto argumentativo do escritor aprendiz na perspectiva da deficiência e inadequação e, sob a justificativa da complexidade cognitiva, o ensino da argumentação tem sido postergado para as séries finais do ensino fundamental (14- 15 anos). A hipótese implícita a tal decisão é a de que o ensino dos gêneros do discurso deva obedecer a uma gradativa sucessão, de modo que os gêneros da narração e descrição devam preceder ao ensino sistemático da argumentação. O primeiro objetivo relevante da pesquisa é o de determinar até que ponto alunos de 8-11 anos têm representado para si o esquema textual argumentativo, quando solicitados a produzir um texto de opinião em contexto escolar. O segundo é identificar como o esquema textual acionado é textualizado no modelo escrito de língua, considerando-se (1) o nível de desenvolvimento cognitivo da criança para lidar com a dimensão dialógica do discurso escrito; (2) as influências do modelo conversacional de mudança de turno na escrita do aprendiz; e (3) a ausência de ensino formalizado dos gêneros da argumentação no currículo escolar nas primeiras séries. Para atender a este propósito, o presente trabalho baseou- se na hipótese sociocognitiva de linguagem e na abordagem socionteracionista discursiva. A pesquisa analisa um corpus longitudinal, composto de 145 textos de opinião, produzidos pelos mesmos alunos entre a 2a. série e o início da 5a. série de uma escola pública, a partir da proposição de cinco diferentes tarefas. A análise orienta- se por dois enfoques: o primeiro foca a maneira como o escritor aprendiz constrói seu texto de opinião, no tocante à sua configuração textual, através de articulação e coordenação de seqüências textuais; o segundo incide sobre a natureza dos argumentos selecionados pelo aprendiz, no tocante à atitude epistemológica e evidencialidade. A pesquisa confirma que no que respeita à construção do discurso argumentativo e à capacidade de expressar opinião, a maioria das crianças é capaz de categorizar eventos comunicativos de linguagem em uso, mesmo que esse esquema não se adeque ao modelo prototípico de argumentação do adulto ou à expectativa da escola. Ao mesmo tempo, a pesquisa demonstrou que um simples dispositivo de conteúdo polêmico não determina, de antemão, o esquema textual a ser acionado pela criança para emoldurar sua argumentação; traços de natureza contextual e sociocognitiva são também utilizados para determinar a dimensão pragmática, discursiva e argumentativa do texto de opinião. Com base no exposto, defendemos que o ensino progressivo e sistemático da argumentação deve iniciar desde cedo nas práticas escolares de linguagem. / [en] In the field of Psychology and Didactics of Language many researches on the acquisition and learning process of argumentative discourse among elementary school students have led us to approach this discursive competence based on the parameters of adult mode of writing arguments. As a result, studies on the subject matter tend to conceive the children`s essays in terms of inadequacy and lack of proficiency; and as consequence of its complex cognitive demands the teaching of argument has been belated to the end of elementary school curriculum (14-15years old). The implicit hypothesis behind this procedure is that there is a graduation-succession for the learning of discursive genres in a way that narrative and descriptive genres should precede systematic teaching of argumentation. The prime goal of the present research is to determine to what extent 8-11 year-old pupils have represented for themselves the argumentative schema when they are asked to write an opinion essay as a school task. The second one is to identify how this textual schema is carried out by the learning children and textualized into written mode of language, considering (1) children`s cognitive development level to deal with the dialogic dimensions of written discourse; (2) the turn-take conversation influences on their writing, and (3) children`s lack of formal learning of argumentative genres in school curriculum. For this purpose we took as our basis on the sociocognitive hypothesis of language acquisition and on socionteracionist approach of language. The research analyses a longitudinal corpus composed of 145 essays produced by the same elementary school students from 2nd grade up to the beginning of 5th in a public school. The students were asked to write five different opinion essays. The analysis is split into two main focuses: the first one highlights the way the learning children build their written opinion in terms of textual configuration through both articulation and coordination of textual sequences; the second focus highlights the nature of arguments chosen by the learning children in terms of epistemological attitude and evidenciality. The research confirms that in the genre of argument and expressions of opinion, most of the children displays a particular knowledge to categorize communicative events of language in use, although the cognitive model triggered to convince and persuade the addressee could not necessarily suit the adult prototype schema and school expectations. At the same time, it also shows that a simple argumentative disposal does not determine beforehand the textual schema triggered by the children to frame their argumentation; contextual and sociocognitve features also determine the pragmatic, discursive and argumentative dimension of the text. Due to the features shown in the present research, and as far as pedagogy and didactic of language is concerned we defend that systematical and progressive teaching of argumentation should begin as early as possible in school context.

ANTROPOLOGICKÝ SERIÁL - Kognitívne a semiotické modely kultury Abstract /english version/: The author of the thesis has developed a methodological framework of visual anthropology by collecting relevant information concerning the subject and by verifying this knowledge practically in an authentic living environment. This interconnection represents the main twist in the methodology, which turns away from the informative and interpretative version of ethnographic (anthropological) film and moves towards its functional, socio-cultural analysis. The subject of the thesis is an interdisciplinary research and possibilities of applying cognitive and semiotic analytical schemes into the process of directing an anthropological series. The entire project of an authentic ethnographic research and the film tumenge (I., II., III.) attempt to display the interethnical relations in the village Palota in the North-East of Slovakia, particularly bringing the life in the local Roma settlement and its individual members into sharp focus.

Esta dissertação tem por objetivo reconstruir os modelos cognitivo-culturais que estruturam a categoria conceitual RELIGIÃO, com base nos discursos dos/sobre os imigrantes das antigas colônias italianas na região Nordeste do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, relativamente ao modo como esses experienciavam a religiosidade. Isso se dá a partir de uma análise semântica dos enunciados presentes, por exemplo, em textos de natureza antropológica, historiográfica; relatos de memórias, cartas e diários. As fontes desses discursos são documental-bibliográficas e cobrem o período de 1875 à década de 1950. O corpus é constituído de 138 segmentos discursivos, organizados de acordo com cinco categorias diferentes de fontes. A investigação situa-se no campo da Semântica Cognitiva, orientada pela Teoria dos Modelos Cognitivos Idealizados (TMCI), proposta por Lakoff e seus colaboradores. Esse trabalho se justifica uma vez ainda não existirem estudos empíricos sobre a religião em uma cultura ou subcultura sob o viés da Semântica Cognitiva, garantindo seu caráter inédito. Essa teoria permite avaliar como uma categoria conceitual se estrutura e evolui em uma cultura. A análise empreendida dá-se dentro da esfera da Religião Católica, uma vez ser esta a religião predominante na cultura em questão. O método utilizado é o hipotético-dedutivo, a partir do qual se constrói a estrutura radial preliminar da categoria, com base numa análise inspecional do corpus inicial. Tem-se por hipóteses que: (1) a categoria tem uma estrutura proposicional radial, cujo submodelo prototípico é RITUAIS; (2) a categoria RELIGIÃO estrutura-se basicamente por radialidade, tendo como eixo-de-raio DEUS, com centro prototípico em PAI; (3) estruturas metafóricas e metonímicas organizam extensões ou projeções a partir desses raios; (4) tipos de estruturas proposicionais, como o modelo proposicional script, organizam elementos constitutivos da estrutura radial. O Sistema da Metáfora Moral é aplicado como um modelo organizador dessa estrutura. A análise do corpus selecionado confirma as hipóteses inicialmente levantadas. O submodelo RITUAIS é confirmado como o que prototipicamente representa a categoria. Outra hipótese confirmada é a da influência do modelo proposicional script, como parte integrante do modelo RITUAIS. A estrutura radial hipotética preliminar, ao final das análises, é ajustada aos achados da pesquisa. Esta investigação não visa levantar concepções de religião, mas investigar a estrutura semântico-conceitual de RELIGIÃO por meio da codificação explícita revelada em expressões lingüísticas ou em inferências a partir delas, por meio de modelos metafóricos, metonímicos e proposicionais. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-05-19T17:24:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Carina Granzotto.pdf: 2486643 bytes, checksum: dddee18ae2237d598ee4373580a51283 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-19T17:24:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Carina Granzotto.pdf: 2486643 bytes, checksum: dddee18ae2237d598ee4373580a51283 (MD5) / This dissertation has the goal of reconstructing the cognitive cultural models that made up the conceptual category RELIGION, with a basis on the discourse of/about immigrants from the Old Italian colonies from the northern region of Rio Grande do Sul, in relation to how they experienced religiosity. This is done through a semantic analysis of the expressions used, for instance, in the texts of anthropologic and historiographic nature; reports of memories, letters, and diaries. The sources of this discourse are documented bibliographies that cover the period from 1875 to the decade of 1950. The corpus of this work is made up of 138 segments, organized accordingly into five categories with different sources. The investigation centers on the field of Cognitive Semantic, oriented by the Theory of Idealized Cognitive Models (TICM), proposed by Lakoff and his colleagues. This study justifies itself and guarantees its unprecedented nature since there has not yet been empirical studies done about religion in a culture or sub culture. The theory presented allows the evaluation of how a conceptual category structures itself and evolves in a culture. The analysis takes place inside the sphere of Catholic Religion, since this is the religion that predominates the culture in question. The method utilized is the hypothetic-deductive, from which the preliminary radial structure of the category is built, with a basis on the inspectional analysis of the initial corpus. The hypotheses is that: (1) the category has a structure that is propositional radial, in which the prototypical sub-models are RITUALS; (2) the category RELIGION has a radial structure having GOD as a radial axis and FATHER as the prototypical center; (3) metaphoric and metonymic structures organize extensions or projections from these rays; (4) the types of propositional structures, like the propositional model script, organize elements that make up the radial structure. The Moral Metaphor System is applied as a model that organizes this structure. The analyses of the selected corpus confirm the initial hypotheses suggested. The sub model RITUALS is confirmed as the one which prototypically represents the category. The other hypotheses confirmed concerns the influence of the propositional model script as the integral part of the RITUALS model. The preliminary hypothetic radial structure, at the end of the analyses, is adjusted to the findings of the research. This investigation does not aim to bring up conceptions of religion but rather to investigate the semantic-conceptual structure of RELIGION through the explicit codification reveled in linguistic expressions or in inferences from them, as well as through metaphoric, metonymic, and propositional models.