Children’s rapid word learning skills has been the focus of many studies over the last three decades. These studies indicated that children are not only expert word learners, but they are also very selective when learning new words (Sabbagh & Henderson, 2013). Although many studies have shown children’s selectivity when learning words, still little is known about the motives behind children’s selectivity or the mechanisms by which this selectivity works. The major aim of the present dissertation is to advance the current understanding on children’s selective learning. In four studies, we explored whether preschoolers would learn new words or facts from speakers who violated a familiar non-linguistic socio-cultural convention. In Study 1, thirty-six 4-year-olds heard novel words either from a boy puppet who wore a skirt or a boy puppet who wore pants. When then tested for their memory of the words, children who heard the words from the skirt-wearing boy puppet were less likely to produce and remember the word-referent link after a brief delay. Study 2 showed that children learned new words from a skirt-wearing boy puppet equally well when the puppets presented the words slowly; thereby suggesting that violation of a well-established socio-cultural convention affects children’s learning especially under high cognitive load. By replicating the design of Study 1, Study 3 showed that children learned new words from a skirt-wearing boy puppet when the boy puppet gave an excuse for wearing the skirt, suggesting that it was the conventional violation and not simply the anomaly of a skirt-wearing boy that affected children’s learning in Study 1. Study 4 showed that children’s bias against learning from the skirt-wearing boy puppet did not extend to facts about the origins of the toys. Taken together, these results suggested that when acquiring conventional knowledge in learning situations in which their processing capacities are taxed, young children show selective learning from a speaker who follows the socio-cultural conventions of their community. / Thesis (Ph.D, Psychology) -- Queen's University, 2013-09-09 15:46:10.013

La conceptualisation des procédures pénales dérogatoires n'est pas chose aisée, si bien que c'est sous un angle à la fois constitutionnel et conventionnel qu'il semble intéressant d'appréhender les critères délimitant naturellement ces procédures particulièrement attentatoires aux droits fondamentaux. Partant de ces approches constitutionnelle, conventionnelle et législative, on parvient ainsi à mieux percevoir les difficultés rencontrées par les autorités policières et judiciaires lorsqu'il s'agit de mettre en oeuvre ces techniques spéciales d'investigation. En effet, si la diversité de ces procédures complexifie leur utilisation, elle risque par conséquent d'encourager une utilisation abusive de celles-ci pour favoriser la recherche de la vérité au détriment des droits de l'homme et des libertés fondamentales de tout un chacun. C'est pourquoi il est nécessaire de repenser la place et l'encadrement des procédures pénales dérogatoires dans les textes fondamentaux pour parvenir à la mise en oeuvre d'une pratique efficace mais avant tout respectueuse des droits de l'homme et des libertés individuelles. Dans la présente étude, les procédures pénales dérogatoires font donc l'objet d'une pensée volontairement modératrice en quête d'un juste milieu entre la liberté et la sécurité, éternelle problématique qui anime depuis son origine la procédure pénale et que le législateur a parfois du mal à résoudre / Conceptualizing derogatory criminal procedures is no easy task, so it is under an angle both constitutional and conventional that it seems interesting to apprehend criteria defining these procedures that particularly violate fundamental rights. From these approaches constitutional, legislative and conventional, it succeeds in better perceive difficulties encountered by police and judicial authorities when it comes to implement these special investigation techniques. While the diversity of these procedures complex their use, it may therefore encourage a misuse of these to foster pursuit of truth at the expense of human rights and fundamental freedoms of everyone. Therefore there is a need reconsider the place and the framing of criminal procedures in the fundamental derogatory texts to achieve the implementation of effective practice and above all respectful of human rights and individual freedoms. In this study, derogatory criminal procedures are therefore subject to a voluntarily restraining thought seeking a balance between freedom and security, eternal question that has raised criminal procedure from its origin and that the legislature may difficult to solve

Humanity faces the challenge of achieving the sustainability of water resources supply for the satisfaction of human needs and ofensuring the sustainability of the natural ecosystems for the achievement of sustainable human development and the quality of life of present and future generations. For this reason the recognition of access to water as a Human Right has fundamental significance. We proceed to analyze the international instruments that provide content and legal basis to the human right to water and the obligations of States. In this context, we deal with the constitutional reception of human right to water in Argentina in the constitutional reform of 1994 and the control of conventionality as guarantor of access to water, which has led to different domestic courts to consider cases in which a violation ofthe right to water was proved. / La humanidad enfrenta el desafío de lograr la sostenibilidad de la oferta de los recursos hídricos para la satisfacción de las necesidades humanas y garantizar la de los ecosistemas naturales para el logro del desarrollo humano sustentable y la calidad de vida de la generación presente y de las futuras. Es por ello que el reconocimiento del derecho al acceso al agua como derecho humano adquiere primordial relevancia. Procedemos al análisis de los instrumentos internacionales que dan contenido y fundamento jurídico al derecho humano al agua y de los que derivan las obligaciones de los Estados. En ese contexto, abordamos la recepción constitucional del derecho humano al agua en Argentina, a partir de la reforma constitucional de 1994, y al control de convencionalidad como garante del acceso al agua, que ha llevado a que distintos tribunales internos se ocuparan de casos en los que se constató la vulneración del derecho al agua.

Submitted by Marlene Aparecida de Souza Cardozo (mcardozo@pucsp.br) on 2018-06-13T12:27:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Vitor Moreira da Fonsêca.pdf: 2144742 bytes, checksum: 0670c2dbce362eb52a0156f4b3bdb2e9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-13T12:27:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Vitor Moreira da Fonsêca.pdf: 2144742 bytes, checksum: 0670c2dbce362eb52a0156f4b3bdb2e9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-13 / Despite the importance of the conventionality control by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, little is known about the relation between civil procedure and human rights. This study shows how the conventionality control may affect civil procedure. It analyzes the case-law of the Inter-American Court about the articles 8 (right to a fair trial) and 25 (right to judicial protection) of the American Convention on Human Rights and how it applies to civil procedure. Based on the most important cases of the Inter-American Court, it proposes a type of conventionality control in Brazilian civil procedure. In the end, the final chapter discusses some impacts of the results in Brazil / Apesar da importância do controle de convencionalidade exercido pela Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos, pouco se sabe sobre a relação entre o processo civil e os direitos humanos. Este trabalho mostra como o controle de convencionalidade pode afetar o processo civil brasileiro. O estudo analisa a jurisprudência da Corte Interamericana sobre os arts. 8º (garantias judiciais) e 25 (proteção judicial) da Convenção Americana sobre Direitos Humanos e como se aplicam ao processo civil. Com fundamento nos mais importantes casos da Corte Interamericana, o estudo propõe um modelo de controle de convencionalidade no processo civil brasileiro. Por fim, o capítulo final discute alguns impactos dos resultados no Brasil

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2016-10-07T13:08:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Vanessa de Campos Melo Santos.pdf: 966557 bytes, checksum: 83bf1f959e3d44f190e16463fd443edd (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-07T13:08:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Vanessa de Campos Melo Santos.pdf: 966557 bytes, checksum: 83bf1f959e3d44f190e16463fd443edd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-08 / This dissertation aims to analyze the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court in the light of conventionality control institute focused on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the interpretation that it does about the international human rights treaties. To emphasize the importance and necessity of dialogue among courts for the construction of ius commune of human rights. In order to do so, the work was divided into four parts. Initially, related to the Federal Constitution of Brazil in 1988 and the international human rights treaties. After that, run to an examination of conventionality control. Afterwards, discuss the Supreme Court jurisprudence. Finally, from the data collected, analyzed and compared critically pondered that the Supreme Court in this matter is far short of what is expected of the highest court of the Brazilian judiciary and guardian of the Brazilian Federal Constitution / A presente dissertação objetiva analisar a jurisprudência do Supremo Tribunal Federal à luz do instituto do controle de convencionalidade voltada à Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos e a interpretação que ela faz dos tratados internacionais de direitos humanos. Ressaltar a importância e a necessidade do Diálogo entre as Cortes para a formação de um ius commune dos direitos humanos. Para tanto, o trabalho dividiu-se em quatro partes. Inicialmente, relacionou-se a Constituição Federal do Brasil de 1988 e os tratados internacionais de direitos humanos. Seguidamente, partiu-se para um exame do controle de convencionalidade. Posteriormente, discorrer sobre a jurisprudência do STF. Por fim, a partir dos dados colhidos, analisados e comparados ponderou-se, criticamente, que o Supremo Tribunal Federal está nesta matéria aquém do que se espera da mais alta instância do poder judiciário brasileiro e guardião da Constituição Federal brasileira

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:22:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dimitri Nascimento Sales.pdf: 865790 bytes, checksum: aa26e2c30ec85a357c9041f65571739c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-28 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Body, sexuality and Law are elements that conform the subject. In society, body and sexuality are submitted to external means of control, that intends to control individuals. Law is the instrument through which behavioral patterns are imposed, limiting the fruition of corporal and sexual experimentations. To acknowledge sexual differences, whether centered in sexual orientation or gender identity, is to deny lesbians, gays, bisexuals, travesties and transsexuals the fulfillment of fundamental rights. This thesis analyses social interactions concerning sexuality, from a perspective that considers the relationship among body, sexuality and Law, stressing the means of control over the individual. Moreover, it will be studied the constitutional norms that protects the rights of sexual diversity. At the end, we scrutinize how the conventionality review has reshaped Brazilian constitutionalism and has impacted on the protection of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, travesties and transsexuals rights. The result of such study rests in the assurance that the rights of sexual diversity are inserted in the constitutional dimension, entailing the obligation to be enforced whether through the interpretation of the Constitution or through the interaction between constitutional law and international human rights, due to the conventionality review / Corpo, sexualidade e direito constituem elementos que formam o sujeito. Inseridos num espaço social determinado, corpo e sexualidade são submetidos a controles externos, objetivando o governo dos indivíduos. O direito é o instrumento utilizado para impor padrões comportamentais, delimitando o pleno gozo das experiências corporais e sexuais. O reconhecimento das diferenças sexuais, sejam centradas na orientação sexual ou identidade de gênero, é tomado como prerrogativa para negar a lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, travestis e transexuais o exercício dos direitos fundamentais. Este trabalho abordará as interações sociais em torno das sexualidades, partindo da análise da relação entre corpo, sexualidade e direito, assinalando as formas de controle exercidas sobre o indivíduo. Em seguida, serão estudados os elementos da Constituição que asseguram a expansão da proteção constitucional aos direitos da diversidade sexual. Por fim, será analisado o redesenho institucional proporcionado pelo Controle de Convencionalidade para o constitucionalismo brasileiro, bem como seu impacto na proteção dos direitos de lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, travestis e transexuais. O resultado alcançado permite assegurar que os direitos da diversidade sexual estão inseridos no âmbito constitucional, devendo ser concretizados por força da atuação interpretativa da Constituição Federal ou pela interação entre direito constitucional e direito internacional dos direitos humanos, proporcionada pelo Controle de Convencionalidade

Este estudo se baseou em dados extraídos de um corpus paralelo composto por textos originais em inglês de artigos da Revista National Geographic, suas respectivas traduções publicadas em português na National Geographic Brasil, e os textos traduzidos antes da revisão para publicação. O objetivo foi cotejar os três textos a fim de identificar, na tradução, elementos que promovem a produção de um texto natural e fluente, que reflete o uso mais corrente na língua. Sua inserção no âmbito da lingüística de corpus se deu por essa permitir um estudo lingüístico descritivo e não prescritivo da língua e por se voltar não só para as palavras, estruturas ou usos possíveis na língua mas também o que é provável que ocorra, isto é, a diferença entre o que os falantes podem dizer e o que na verdade dizem. Esse cotejo possibilitou o levantamento de aspectos lingüísticos que afetam a naturalidade e fluência do texto, como a fraseologia típica na língua de chegada, suas colocações naturais, suas próprias expressões fixas, que refletem um modo preferido de se expressar de cada comunidade lingüística. Esses aspectos estão intimamente relacionados à convencionalidade, que abrange aquilo que é consolidado pelo uso, constituindo muitas vezes fonte de dificuldade ao \"tradutor ingênuo\" que pode não perceber que dentre formas possíveis existe aquela mais provável de ocorrer. Dentre os elementos levantados, selecionou-se a tradução dos advérbios terminados em *ly em inglês, nem sempre traduzidos por advérbios terminados em *mente em português, procurando compreender essa opção dentro do âmbito da convencionalidade. Essas opções nem sempre são ilustradas em dicionários, constituindo a pesquisa baseada em corpora, tanto paralelos quanto monolíngües, um recurso valioso ao tradutor seja para mostrar estratégias empregadas por outros tradutores profissionais como para conscientizá-lo de um uso consagrado na língua. / This study was based on data collected from a parallel corpus composed of original texts in English of articles from National Geographic magazine, and their respective translations in Portuguese as published in National Geographic Brazil and the texts translated before their revision for publication. The aim was to compare the three texts in order to identify, in translation, elements that enable the production of a text which sounds natural and fluent, reflecting the current use by the speakers. Corpus Linguistics was chosen as an approach for the research since it allows a descriptive rather than a prescriptive study of the language and is typically concerned not only with what words, structures or uses are possible in a language, but also with what is probable, likely to occur, the difference between what the speakers can say and what they actually say. This comparison brought to light linguistic features which might affect naturalness and fluency of a text, as the typical phraseology in the target-language, its natural collocations and its own fixed expressions, which reflect a preferred way of a community of saying things. These aspects are closely related to conventionality, which encompasses that which is attested by the use, and represent precisely where the difficulties lie for the \"innocent translator\", who might not notice that among a range of possible forms there is one which is more likely to occur. Among the elements found, one was particularly investigated, namely, the translation of adverbs ending in *ly in English , not always translated by adverbs ending in *mente in Portuguese, with a view to understand this option within the idea of conventionality. These options are not frequently displayed in dictionaries, which makes corpus-based research , either using parallel corpora or monolingual corpora, an invaluable resource to translators, in eliciting strategies employed by other professional translators and in bringing awareness to an attested use in language.

Abstract Language is a repertoire of culture and a powerful and versatile medium in communication. Idioms mirror human wisdom in the process of conceptualization of the world. Idioms have interlocked and grown into records of a community’s past culture. Idioms therefore constitute a rich, but at the same time elusive, area of cross-cultural exchanges. Idioms reflect the colour and variety of human social activities, and so play an important role in the linguistic ontologization of emotions. The vocabulary of emotions has been the object of intensive investigations in many languages, but bibliographical exploration reveals that idioms as a component of the lexicon are not yet part of the main field of theoretical interest. In particular, while there have been studies of idioms of emotion in English, there have been few on emotion idioms in Vietnamese, and very few systematic investigations of emotion idioms (EIs) across English and Vietnamese. Hence, our linguistic study of the conceptualization of emotions in English and Vietnamese will significantly contribute to the development of this research domain with data from a language other than English. The study undertakes a contrastive investigation of idioms that express the seven basic emotional concepts of HAPPINESS, SADNESS, ANGER, DISGUST, LOVE, FEAR, and DESIRE in English and Vietnamese. There are three foci: (1) similarities and differences in formal structure between the EIs in English and Vietnamese; (2) similarities and differences in semantics between such idioms; and (3) an investigation of the patterning and regularities of the established similarities and differences between the EIs in the two languages. To the end, we have conducted a hand search approach of the dictionaries in both languages, which has enabled the establishing of a corpus of 1065 entries (603 for English and 462 for Vietnamese). As regards the formal structure, the study sets up the lexicogrammatical frames for the canonical forms and variation patterns of the idioms, and interrelates quantitatively and quantitatively the relationship of the idioms’ variant form vis-à-vis the canonical form. In light of the findings, the study has shown that a high level of canonicity is observed in the idioms in both English and Vietnamese. In general, they conform to a restricted number of construction types: verbal, nominal, adjectival, prepositional, and sentential. Nevertheless, many other idioms permit variable flexibility in their composition: the substitutability of their component parts, insertion of lexical items, and some variation in syntactic patterning. For the idioms which are logged as canonical and variant, we have suggested rules to cover the patterns. As regards the semantic features of the idioms, the study is substantially reliant on the theory of conceptual metaphor (CMT) and metonymy, as first developed by Lakoff & Johnson (1980), to analyze the data. The data analysis leads to the discovery of conceptual mappings/correspondences from the various source domains on to the target domains of emotions, which are very productive of idioms. An in-depth analysis of cross-linguistic and cross-cultural aspects in the idioms is provided to determine similarities and differences in terms of conceptualization of the emotions between the two languages. The contrastive analysis of idioms reported in the traditional literature is usually the comparison of idioms with body-part terms: e.g., mát mặt (‘cool face’) ‘HAPPINESS’ in Vietnamese; lose one’s head in English, animals: e.g., gầm như hổ đói (‘roar like tiger hungry’); go ape ‘ANGER’, and colours: e.g., đỏ mặt tía tai (‘red face purple ear’); blue in the face ‘ANGER’. The present analysis seeks greater explanatory depth and theoretical grounding in the framework of cognitive linguistics. We present the semantic patterning of the idioms, and the patterning in turn reveals how English and Vietnamese people talk about and structure the abstract conceptual domains (i.e., emotions) (Gibbs & Wilson, 2002). In light of the findings, this research has revealed both commonalities and differences in the conceptualization of the emotions in English and Vietnamese. The affinities are grounded in common bodily experiences. On the other hand, cross-cultural variations are also obvious. The most important conclusion that can be drawn for the study is that metaphors and metonymies involved in emotion-expressing idioms are not only heavily subject to physiological basis (Solomon, 1984), but also to cultural influences on the basis of the cultural image schemas (Dobrovol'skij & Piirainen, 2006; Emanatian, 1995; Geeraerts & Grondelaers, 1995; Ungerer, 1993). The thesis also presents implications concerning the linguistic ontologization of emotions, and their application to second language learning and the translation of idioms.

Esta tese investigou o desenvolvimento da convencionalidade e especificidade na aquisição de verbos. No Estudo 1, uma amostra de verbos do Português Brasileiro (PB) foi julgada por 605 universitários, em escala likert de 1 a 5 pontos, gerando escores de convencionalidade e especificidade. O Estudo 2 comparou a convencionalidade em 80 crianças divididas em 2 grupos etários (2:0-3:0 e 3:1-4:5) utilizando 2 análises: dicotômica e contínua (escala likert). Os resultados mostraram que ambas são válidas para diferenciar os grupos, embora a contínua apresente vantagens. No Estudo 3, foram analisadas 55 crianças em 2 momentos. Os resultados mostraram um desenvolvimento significativo da convencionalidade e especificidade ao longo do tempo e diferenças significativas entre gêneros: meninas foram mais convencionais e específicas do que meninos. As correlações mostraram uma interdependência entre variáveis linguísticas e cognitivas. O Estudo 4 apresentou diferenças de gênero na organização semântica dos verbos por meio de um modelo gráfico. / This dissertation investigated the development of conventionality and specificity in the acquistion of verbs. In Study 1, a sample of Brazilian Portuguese (PB) verbs was judged by 605 undergraduate students, in a 1 to 5 points likert scale, generating conventionality and specificity scores. The Study 2 compared conventionality in 80 children divided in 2 age groups (2;0-3;0 and 3;1-4;5) using 2 analyses: dichotomic and continuous (likert scale). The results showed that both are valid to differentiate the groups, although the continuous presents advantages. In Study 3, we analized 55 children in 2 moments. The results showed a significant development of conventionality and specificity through time and significant differences between genders: girls were more conventional and specific than boys. The correlations showed an interdependence between linguistic and cognitive variables. The Study 4 showed gender differences in verbs semantic organization throuth a graphic model.

Esta tese investigou o desenvolvimento da convencionalidade e especificidade na aquisição de verbos. No Estudo 1, uma amostra de verbos do Português Brasileiro (PB) foi julgada por 605 universitários, em escala likert de 1 a 5 pontos, gerando escores de convencionalidade e especificidade. O Estudo 2 comparou a convencionalidade em 80 crianças divididas em 2 grupos etários (2:0-3:0 e 3:1-4:5) utilizando 2 análises: dicotômica e contínua (escala likert). Os resultados mostraram que ambas são válidas para diferenciar os grupos, embora a contínua apresente vantagens. No Estudo 3, foram analisadas 55 crianças em 2 momentos. Os resultados mostraram um desenvolvimento significativo da convencionalidade e especificidade ao longo do tempo e diferenças significativas entre gêneros: meninas foram mais convencionais e específicas do que meninos. As correlações mostraram uma interdependência entre variáveis linguísticas e cognitivas. O Estudo 4 apresentou diferenças de gênero na organização semântica dos verbos por meio de um modelo gráfico. / This dissertation investigated the development of conventionality and specificity in the acquistion of verbs. In Study 1, a sample of Brazilian Portuguese (PB) verbs was judged by 605 undergraduate students, in a 1 to 5 points likert scale, generating conventionality and specificity scores. The Study 2 compared conventionality in 80 children divided in 2 age groups (2;0-3;0 and 3;1-4;5) using 2 analyses: dichotomic and continuous (likert scale). The results showed that both are valid to differentiate the groups, although the continuous presents advantages. In Study 3, we analized 55 children in 2 moments. The results showed a significant development of conventionality and specificity through time and significant differences between genders: girls were more conventional and specific than boys. The correlations showed an interdependence between linguistic and cognitive variables. The Study 4 showed gender differences in verbs semantic organization throuth a graphic model.