PhDRDV / Institute for Rural Development / As has been the case in Eastern and Southern Africa, Zimbabwe continues to regard smallholder dairy farming as a viable strategy for reducing poverty and malnutrition, especially in rural areas. Although the country has since the early 1980s been promoting smallholder dairy development, available literature does not provide a clear picture of the extent to which the specific livelihoods of rural communities in terms of human, social, physical and financial capitals, have improved. Nor is there knowledge on its negative contribution to the farmers’ livelihoods. Thus, this study was undertaken to critically analyse the contribution of smallholder dairy farming towards the livelihoods of rural households using the Nharira dairy scheme as a focal area. The DfiD sustainable livelihood framework was used to build this understanding. Apart from characterizing the farmers, the contribution of smallholder dairy farming towards social, physical, human, natural and financial capitals was investigated. A sequentially integrated mixed methods approach was used. This was divided into two phases, which were quantitative and qualitative in nature. Results from the first phase were used to inform and design the second study. A census of the 21 active smallholder dairy farmers in Nharira, and management committee of the Nharira dairy processing plant was conducted. A household-focused questionnaire, key informant interviews, participatory mapping, record review, Global Positioning System (GPS) locating and focus group discussions were used to collect data. A tape recorder, GPS locator and camera were used as assistive devices during data collection. Thematic content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data and interpret participatory maps. Livelihood capital indices were derived per household and used to complement descriptive statistics as part of quantitative data analysis. A social capital index was computed for each household using collective action, empowerment, groups and networks, and trust and solidarity as its components. Resource stocks and access were the building blocks of the natural capital index. Income, savings and investments, and access to funding were used to derive the household financial capital index. Contribution of dairy farming to productive equipment (such as cattle herd size) and basic infrastructure (such as quality of housing) were used to calculate the physical capital index. The index for human capital was obtained taking into account education, workforce and employment, enabling environment, and health and wellness. Equal weights were applied to the components when deriving the household livelihood indices because each one of them was considered to be substantially important for sustainable livelihoods. The quantitative data were stored and analysed using the International Business Machines (IBM) Statistical iii Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24. Pearson correlation coefficients, means and standard deviations were calculated. Most of the farmers (65 %) were female. Approximately, 95 % of the women farmers were literate. Only 1 % of the farmers were youth (< 35 years old), a situation that threatened the sustainability of smallholder dairy farming. A daily smallholder dairy farming routine was derived using the focus group and participatory mapping results. This showcased the various daily activities and linked them with the household members actively involved. Smallholder dairy farming was found to be labour intensive. This might deter the farmers from diversifying into other livelihood strategies. Smallholder dairy farming was observed to have strengthened financial, human, natural, physical and social capitals in the local households. However, the respective indices of 0.59 and 0.52 for social and natural capitals, suggested that smallholder dairy farming impacted on these more than any other. Even though social capital was strong, further reinforcement through improved smallholder dairy farming activities was still vital because of its power of enhancing access to other forms of livelihood capitals. Human and physical capitals had the least index scores of 0.48 and 0.47, respectively. On average, the overall household livelihood capital index as a result of smallholder dairy farming was 0.51. One of the study respondents supported the positive contribution in the following way, ‘’Zvakanakira dairy hatingazipedzi. Tinotoda zuva rese” (There are many positive things that we attribute to our involvement in smallholder dairy farming. Narrating these demands considerable time). It was concluded that smallholder dairy farming significantly strengthened livelihood capitals of households involved in it. The results of the current study suggest that smallholder dairy farming is a viable option for improving household livelihood capitals. Thus, establishment of dairy farming schemes in rural areas should be promoted. However, the participation of youth in smallholder dairy farming as enterprise owners deserves attention because it threatens sustainability of the sector. An integrated multiple angle view encompassing technical, social, institutional, economic and organizational ideas of the impact of dairy farming as a livelihood strategy on household capital portfolio was provided. Moreover, application of the sustainable development framework to understanding the smallholder dairy farming context at household level was a novel way of understanding the local realities. Lastly, a set of variables that can be utilised to measure livelihood capitals of households involved in smallholder dairy farming-related activities was distilled.

Federal and state policies affecting higher education, like the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1832, Brown vs. Board of Education, and Higher Education Act of 1965 have posited change regarding the proliferation of diversity and expansion of access (Thelin, 2011). I analyzed BOT policies for enrollment and conducted a socio-diagnostic CDA on the implementation of admission policy to understand the impact of the policies’ implementation. I focused on 1) exploring how open enrollment (OE) policies were constructed, 2) how institutions adopt and interpret these policies, and 3) how individuals at the institution enact these policies, by conducting a discourse-historical analysis (DHA). Open enrollment has been extensively studied at junior colleges. However, the impact of open admissions (OA) at 4-year institutions has not been intensely engaged despite its use at these types of institutions. This has left professionals to draw implications for practice from universities and colleges that are different than the ones in which they work. There are conditions that could inhibit the effectiveness of education policy implementation to include: “a lack of focus on the implementation processes when defining policies at the system level; a lack of recognition that the core of change processes require engaging people; and the fact that implementation processes need to be revised to adapt to new complex governance systems” (Viennet & Pont, 2017, p. 6). I conducted a case study investigation of open enrollment policy at a 4-year public university to understand its implementation and impact on the student experience. I used discourse-historical analysis to guide my analysis of the data. Implications were creation of a student profile, resource support matrix, and rethink of policy implementation.

From the literature we learn that existing educational frameworks that inform law and policy- making on the education of disabled children deal extensively with the curricular and educational concerns of disabled children. Yet, these frameworks leave out the pivotal issue of children‟s human right to education. The rights-based frameworks address human rights issues in a grand fashion, but give scanty educational guidelines on the actual education of disabled children, rendering hollow the human rights credo they espouse. South Africa has been one of a few countries which made attempts at addressing both the human rights concerns facing learners with disabilities and their curricular and pedagogic needs. The country embarked upon extensive efforts of legislative and policy formulation that are, in some respects, unparalleled in the world. Hence, this country is a potential storehouse of good practices on the education of children with disabilities with the potential to inform the re-formulation of existing African and global frameworks on the right to education of disabled children. Furthermore, the impressive novelty contained in South African education laws and policies notwithstanding, there are a number of issues which should be addressed in the country‟s education environment, including how the laws and policies are implemented. It is to be acknowledged that laws and policies are only as good as their implementation. Mindful of the above situation prevailing at the global level and the national (South African) level, this study offers a framework that marries the right to education of children with disabilities with educational theory on and practice in regard to the education of disabled children. The framework is constructed on the basis of current international literature on both disability and education and related South African law and policy instruments. In terms of its methodology, the study employed a generic or non-categorical qualitative design, also called methodological bricolage. Under this overall design, two principal modes of inquiry were applied, namely the enlightenment mode to policy analysis and critical law and policy discourse analysis. Theoretically, the study is anchored in the human rights variant of the Social Model of Disability, Critical Theory and Post-structural paradigms. / Educational Leadership and Management / D. Ed. (Education Management)

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T18:23:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Wander Marques Vieira.pdf: 365765 bytes, checksum: c55c0e41b245a722c00a793495aa131c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-05-09 / Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo / Opinion articles have an important symbolic function of, seemingly, sharing the paper s opinion by covertly bolstering up the assertion that the other sections, conversely, are pure facts or reports . Once signed, they not necessarily represent the paper ideological stance (O Estado de São Paulo); however, Kitis & Miliapes (1996) claim that by being in it, they allow the readership to invest them with the same authority and reliability ascribed to the newspaper. In so being, we can use for the opinion article the very same Fowler s words (1991), when he claims that what distinguishes an editorial is not the expression of values and beliefs, but the textual strategies being used to stand out the speech acts of values and beliefs . This work analyses Gaudêncio Torquato s articles, published on a weekly basis, in O Estado de São Paulo, from the viewpoint of the Critical Linguistics , which proposes that analysis using appropriate linguistic tools, and referring to relevant historical and social contexts, can bring ideology, normally hidden through habitualization of discourse, to surface for inspection , Fowler (1991: 89). While the focus of the traditional analysis discourse is on the meanings established between sentences and utterances, in CDA the focus is on the selections which are made in constructing texts, on factors that constrain and determine these selections, and on their effect. According to Charteris-Black (2004), metaphor is one of these conscious linguistic choices that conceals underlying social processes, and metaphor analysis can aid in the identification of implicit textual content, and metaphor constitutes verbal evidence for an underlying system of ideas or ideology . Kress & Hodge (1993: 15) propose that ideology involves a systematically organized presentation of reality . With this is mind, the authors claim that metaphor is vital in creating such a presentation of reality. Stemming from a corpus of five opinion articles, the aim of this research is, by means of a metaphor-based study, to understand the functioning of this linguistic resource. It is through metaphor that the author expresses his attitudinal position on x the country s political developments, and manages at the same time to directly avoid threatening the face of the people involved, send out his message and persuade his readership. In my analysis, I resort basically to the Systemic-Functional Linguistics (Halliday, 1985; 1994), and its contributors, the Relevance Theory (Sperber & Wilson (1986; 1995), the Goatly s notions (1997) and the developments the theories have been receiving. According to Eggins (1994), what differentiates the SFL is that it seeks to develop a theory of language as a social process and a methodology which allows detailed and systematic description of linguistic patterns. The SFL is considered the more suitable theory-methodological approach to Critical Discourse Analysis (Fowler, 1991); Fairclough, 1992). On the other hand, Charteris-Black (2004) and Fairclough (1999a) analyse metaphor based on Halliday s Functional Linguistics (1985; 1994) / Os artigos de opinião têm uma função simbólica importante, parecendo partilhar da opinião do jornal, ao sustentar implicitamente a asserção de que as demais seções, por contraste, sejam puros fatos ou reportagens . Como são assinados, não necessariamente representam a posição ideológica do jornal (O Estado de São Paulo); contudo, o simples fato de estarem nele, permite aos leitores investi-los com a mesma autoridade e credibilidade que se atribui ao jornal, notam Kitis & Milapides (1996). Assim, podemos utilizar para o artigo de opinião as mesmas palavras de Fowler (1991), quando ele diz que, o que distingue o editorial não é a oferta de valores e crenças, mas o emprego de estratégias textuais que salientam o ato de fala de oferta de valores e crenças . A presente dissertação analisa os artigos de Gaudêncio Torquato, publicados dominicalmente no jornal O Estado de São Paulo, do ponto de vista da Lingüística Crítica , que propõe que a análise, usando instrumentos lingüísticos próprios e com referência a contextos históricos e sociais relevantes, pode trazer a ideologia, normalmente escondida através da habitualização do discurso, à superfície para inspeção (Fowler, 1991: 89). Enquanto o foco da análise do discurso tradicional está nos significados estabelecidos entre sentenças e enunciados, na Análise Crítica, o foco está na seleção que é feita na construção dos textos e em fatores que restringem e determinam essas escolhas e em seu efeito. Segundo Charteris-Black (2004), a metáfora é uma dessas escolhas lingüísticas conscientes que esconde processos sociais subjacentes, e a análise da metáfora pode ajudar a identificar o conteúdo textual implícito, uma vez que ela se manifesta como evidência verbal para um sistema subjacente de idéia ou ideologia . Kress & Hodge (1993: 15) propõem que a ideologia envolve uma apresentação sistematicamente organizada da realidade . Com isso em mente, os autores afirmam que a metáfora é vital na criação dessa apresentação da realidade. Partindo de um corpus constituído por cinco artigos de opinião, o objetivo desta viii pesquisa é, por meio de estudo apoiado na metáfora, compreender o funcionamento desse recurso lingüístico. É através da metáfora que o autor expressa seu posicionamento atitudinal em relação aos acontecimentos políticos do País, conseguindo assim, ao mesmo tempo em que evita ameaçar diretamente a face da(s) pessoa(s) envolvida(s), envia sua mensagem e persuade seu leitor. Em minha análise, recorro basicamente à Lingüística Sistêmico-Funcional (LSF), de Halliday (1985; 1994) e seus colaboradores, à Teoria da Relevância, de Sperber & Wilson, (1986, 1995), e às noções de Goatly (1997), bem como às ampliações e contribuições que as teorias têm recebido. O que distingue a LSF, segundo Eggins (1994), é que ela procura desenvolver uma teoria sobre a língua como um processo social e uma metodologia que permite descrição detalhada e sistemática dos padrões lingüísticos. A LSF tem sido considerada como a abordagem teóricometodológica mais adequada à Análise Crítica do Discurso (Fowler, 1991; Fairclough, 1992). Por outro lado, Charteris-Black (2004) e Fairclough (1999a) analisam a metáfora com base na Lingüística Funcional de Halliday (1985; 1994)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T18:23:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rejane Loli.pdf: 288664 bytes, checksum: 94a229361095a0b4954305cb84b21ab4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-06-12 / Self-help books have presented the largest growth and are also responsible for the new best-sellers in the market. Marketdata research institute estimates that the world market of self-help books generated about US$8.5 billions in 2003. They reckon the total size of this market can reach more than US$11 billions in 2008. We can note that the self in self-help, as well as the self in self-learning, means learning without being followed by a teacher. It does not mean self-help, but that one can help him or herself with the help of a book, written by someone else. There is a writer passing their ideas on to a reader, hoping they will be accepted. Thus, the question is: how can a self-help book writer convince their reader of the validity of their statements? Persuasion, mainly implicit persuasion, is not always realized by clearly persuasive adjectives and adverbs, but also by certain lexico-grammatical choices which, in specific contexts, make a text extremely persuasive. This kind of persuasion takes place gradually throughout the text and may be extremelly efficient. Considering the undeniable success of these books, I found it justifiable to develop a study about the self-help text, analyzing it according to the point of view of the discourse, focusing on how the writer transmits his idea in order to get the reader s adhesion. To do so, I will use the critical discourse analysis which, by studying the social and historical situation of a text, aims at bringing to the readers knowledge the patterns of values and beliefs codified in the language invisible for those who take discourse as natural . I hope to analyze the lexico-grammatical choices made by the writer in order to persuade, explicitelly or implicitelly, the reader in the self-help books. For this, I will use Halliday s (1994) systemic-functional linguistics, specially the simultaneous action of the ideational, interpersonal and textual metafunctions, and also some recent contributions in terms of the writer s positioning towards the text and content evaluation. So, I will use, specially, in Martin (2000; 2003), that, with the token nocion value, frame (Goatly 1997; Bednarek 2005); in crypto-argumentacion (Kitis e Milapídes, 1996); textual world (Downing, 2003) and Semino (1997) / Os livros de auto-ajuda constituem um dos segmentos com maior crescimento e é também o responsável pelos novos best-sellers do mercado. O instituto de pesquisas Marketdata estima que o mercado mundial da auto-ajuda movimentou cerca de US$8.5 bilhões em 2003. Eles estimam que o tamanho total desse mercado pode alcançar mais de US$11 bilhões em 2008. Notemos que o auto de auto-ajuda, tal como em auto-didata, significa aprendizagem sem o acompanhamento de um mestre. Não quer dizer que a pessoa se ajude a si mesma, mas com a ajuda de um livro, que foi escrito por alguém. Há um autor que passa suas idéias para o leitor, esperando que este aceite suas idéias e sugestões. Então, cabe a pergunta: de que maneira o autor de um livro de auto-ajuda convence seu leitor da validade de suas afirmações? A persuasão, em especial a persuasão implícita, que permeia o texto, nem sempre é realizada por adjetivos e advérbios claramente persuasivos, mas graças também a determinadas escolhas léxico-gramaticais, não consideradas interpessoais na tradição, que, combinadas a contextos específicos, tornam-no altamente persuasivo. Esse tipo de persuasão, que acontece cumulativamente conforme o texto se desenrola pode ser extremamente eficaz em certos contextos. Diante do inegável sucesso de vendas desses livros, pareceu-me justificável promover um estudo a respeito do texto de auto-ajuda, analisando-o do ponto de vista do discurso, mais especificamente no que diz respeito ao modo como o escritor tenta passar suas idéias para conseguir a adesão do leitor. Para examinar essa questão, recorro à análise crítica, a qual procura, estudando detalhes da estrutura lingüística à luz da situação social e histórica de um texto, trazer, para o nível da consciência, os padrões de crenças e valores codificados na língua que estão subjacentes à notícia e que são invisíveis para quem aceita o discurso como algo natural . Espero examinar as escolhas léxico-gramaticais feitas pelo autor, Roberto Shinyashiki (2005), Heróis de Verdade,com vistas à persuasão tanto explícita quanto implícita no texto de auto-ajuda. Para tanto, apóio-me na lingüística sistêmico-funcional, de Halliday (1994), em especial, na atuação simultânea das metafunções ideacional, interpessoal e textual, incluindo as contribuições que a teoria tem recebido em recente data, principalmente no tocante ao posicionamento do escritor bem como da sua avaliação do conteúdo no desenrolar do texto. Assim, apóio-me em especial em Martin (2000; 2003), que, com a noção de token de avaliação, mostra a fusão da metafunção ideacional com a interpessoal; na noção de frame (Goatly 1997; Bednarek 2005), que explica a introdução pelo leitor de seu conhecimento prévio, desencadeado por elementos do texto; na construção da crypto-argumentação (Kitis e Milapídes, 1996), que trata de sobreposição de gêneros discursivos em função da persuasão; na montagem de um mundo textual (Downing, 2003) e Semino (1997), tendo em vista o leitor ideal . Dessa forma, espero desvendar a ideologia que permeia o texto e entender como é feita a persuasão no livro analisado

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T18:23:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ivone Hiromi Oda.pdf: 566253 bytes, checksum: 264fe70c61b800e4a6a973d84c551540 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-06-23 / The present study is a social semiotic account of a newspaper editorial, which draws on both Halliday s (1985, 1994) Systemic Functional Linguistics and Fairclough s Critical Discourse Analysis. Of particular interest is the persuasion explicit or implicit present in an editorial from the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo. The aim of a critical linguistic analysis of a text is to unfold the meanings hidden in its lexical, semantic, syntactic structures as they gradually mediate the general meaning, and to observe how these meanings help to build its ideological content. As Fairclough (1989: 1) states, consciousness is the first step towards emancipation ; he also notes how differences in style or textual strategies in these texts suggest a voice , characteristic of the newspaper in which they are published. What distinguishes the editorial is not the values-and-beliefs offered, but the use of textual strategies that accentuates the act of speech of values-and-beliefs offered, he adds. There are always different ways to say the same thing, and these ways are not accidental alternatives: differences in expression bring ideological distinctions and so bring differences in representation. Thus, I examine an editorial taking into account the pragmatic dimension of this genre, which involves the notion of frame, as a framework that contains the question of intertext in itself, and therefore the notions of reported speech; of crypt-argumentation or secret argumentation; and of footing. The latter heralds the author´s position through the concept of appraisal, which involves the notion of tokens of attitude. The analysis, having these theoretical supports as background, will apply the proposal of fallacies and enthymemes in argumentation, by Lauerbach (2007) and by Toulmin (1958) respectively. And, based on evaluative dimensions by Lemke (1998), I will check (a) the linguistic nature of evaluation within such text; (b) the lexico-grammatical items that express this evaluation; and (c) how (a) and (b) concur for construing the editorial argumentations and, in last instance, for building discourse persuasion within this text / O presente estudo, de caráter semiótico-social, na esteira da Lingüística Sistêmico- Funcional de Halliday (1985, 1994) e seus colaboradores, enfoca o gênero editorial jornalístico no jornal Folha de S.Paulo, do ponto de vista da análise crítica do discurso, examinando a persuasão explícita e implícita presentes na interação através da escrita. A meta de uma análise lingüística crítica de um texto é desemaranhar os significados ocultos em suas estruturas lexicais, semânticas e sintáticas conforme elas gradualmente mediam o significado geral, e ver como esses significados ajudam a construir o conteúdo ideológico, de tal forma que, em última instância, esse conteúdo seja não somente captado, mas também conquistado; como Fairclough (1989: 1) diz, a consciência é o primeiro passo em direção da emancipação . O editorial difere em seu estilo ou estratégias textuais e sugere uma voz característica para um determinado jornal, segundo o autor. O que distingue o editorial não é a oferta de valores e crenças, mas o emprego de estratégias textuais que salientam o ato de fala de oferta de valores e crenças, continua ele. Há sempre modos diferentes de dizer a mesma coisa, e esses modos não são alternativas acidentais: diferenças em expressão trazem distinções ideológicas (e assim diferenças de representação). Assim, examino o editorial considerando a dimensão pragmática desse gênero, o que envolve a noção de enquadre (frame), como um arcabouço que contém em si a questão do intertexto e, conseqüentemente, do discurso relatado; da cripto-argumentação ou argumentação secreta; do alinhamento, que traz consigo o posicionamento do autor através do conceito de avaliatividade (appraisal), que envolve a noção de tokens de atitude. A análise, tendo esse apoio teórico como pano de fundo, aplicará a proposta sobre o uso de falácias e entimemas na argumentação, de Lauerbach (2007) e de Toulmin (1958), e com base nas dimensões avaliativas, de Lemke (1998), verificará: (a) a natureza lingüística da avaliação contida nesse texto; (b) os itens léxico-gramaticais que expressam essa avaliação; e (c) como (a) e (b) concorrem para a construção da argumentação do editorial e, em última instância, para a persuasão discursiva contida nesse texto

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T18:24:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Guilene Detimermane de Souza Candia.pdf: 646049 bytes, checksum: 89ed730a7017f0a430c459439c2ec3ed (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-17 / Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo / This master's thesis concerns the research, under the critical and pragmatic perspective, the conceptual and linguistic metaphors that have the effect of the bearer of ideology and strategy of civility in political discourse. It was the study of the opening address of the South African leader, Nelson Mandela Rolihlahla, pronounced in the occasion of his entrance into the office as President of South Africa on 10 May 1994 in the city of Johannesburg, capital of that country. The speech was sharp in English language, but for the analysis, we used the Portuguese translation, interpreting the ideological occurrences in it. The option for this speech was because we believe it has been a landmark of changes in the history of that country. The approach of the Metaphor in Use assumes that even the metaphor is a figure of thought, which is conceptual. It manifests itself in scope of language in use, and it is from the discursive context that it can most be understood. This dissertation, therefore, fits into the approach of Metaphor in Use and in the Theory of Conceptual Metaphor. First, for analyzing the pragmatic meaning of metaphors, that is, its meaning within the specific socio-historical context, and secondly for appraising the reality by meaning of metaphors. Considering these theoretical tools and counting on the methodology of Critical Analysis of Metaphor, this dissertation aims to identify the metaphors that have the sense of carrying the ideology of Mandela and that expresses criticism of his predecessors in power in a polish way, while safeguarding the identities of those involved in the discourse. Both analyses had been in such a way carried through leaving for the identification of metaphorical expressions, thus indicating the types of metaphors identified and, finally, given by whom, where and for whom the speech was pronounced, seeking its pragmatic sense. The results have shown that Mandela, making use of linguistic and conceptual metaphors, first, expressed his pacifist ideology, showing still, that it is fruit of a long way and, secondly, criticized his predecessors in power, without causing harm, that is, the metaphors in this discourse had also had a role to disarm the aggression / Esta dissertação de mestrado refere-se à pesquisa, sob a perspectiva crítica e pragmática, das metáforas conceptuais e lingüísticas que tenham o sentido de portadora de ideologia e de estratégia de polidez num discurso político. Teve como base de estudo o Discurso Inaugural do líder sul-africano, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, proferido na ocasião de sua posse como presidente da África do Sul, em 10 de maio de 1994, na cidade de Johannesburgo, capital daquele país. O discurso foi pronunciado em língua inglesa, mas para a análise servimo-nos da tradução ao português, interpretando suas ocorrências na mesma. A escolha deste discurso se deu por acreditarmos que o mesmo tenha sido um marco de mudanças na história daquele país e, a abordagem da metáfora em uso pressupõe que, mesmo a metáfora sendo uma figura de pensamento, isto é conceptual, ela manifesta-se no âmbito da linguagem em uso, e é a partir do contexto discursivo que ela pode ser mais bem compreendida. E esta dissertação, portanto, insere-se na abordagem da Metáfora em Uso e na Teoria da Metáfora Conceptual, primeiramente, por analisar o sentido pragmático das metáforas, isto é, o seu sentido dentro do contexto sócio-histórico específico e, em segundo lugar, por conceituar a realidade por meio das metáforas. Considerando essas ferramentas teóricas e contando com a metodologia da Análise Crítica da Metáfora esta dissertação se propõe a apontar as metáforas que tenham o sentido de portadora da ideologia de Mandela e que expressem críticas aos seus antecessores no poder de maneira polida, salvaguardando as faces dos envolvidos no discurso. Para tanto foram realizadas as análises, partindo pela identificação das expressões metafóricas, logo, apontando os tipos de metáforas identificadas e, por último, considerando por quem, onde e para quem foi proferido o discurso, buscando o seu sentido pragmático. Os resultados mostraram que Mandela, ao servir-se das metáforas conceptuais e lingüísticas, primeiramente, expressou sua ideologia pacifista, mostrando ainda, que é fruto de um longo caminho e, em segundo lugar, critica seus antecessores no poder, sem provocar ofensas, isto é, as metáforas, neste discurso, tiveram a função, também, de desarmar a agressão

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T19:34:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Antonia da Conceicao Espirito Santo.pdf: 1211676 bytes, checksum: 20b5c04e019fa2ab3268a7d3106ff65e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-04-15 / Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo / This Dissertation is situated on the Critical Analysis of the Discourse, in interdisciplinarity with Text Linguistics, Social Representation Theory and Enunciation Theory. Its General Purpose it to contribute with the study of the different roles in different Brazilian social and cultural groups, and its Specific Purposes are: to identify the different social roles forming the social structure of our northeastern country man ( sertanejo ); to examine how such roles function, focusing the interaction of the northeastern country man with other social groups; and to recognize the cultural and ideological values contained in the representation of the different social roles examined. It is justified that the frequent evaluations of Brazilian education evidence the inefficiency of public schools in the teaching-learning process, the solutions commonly presented being given by professionals who are out of school and, thus, the classroom context and the student profile are not considered. The setting point of the investigation was to know the different social representations, which are kinds of knowledge stored in the students long term memory, by means of a questionnaire to characterize them and to choose one of their favorite songs. The hypothesis guiding the research results from the dialect between the social and the individual aspects, and the methodological proceeding was the theoreticalanalytical one, which enabled the analysis of the base-text, taking into consideration the categories Society, Cognition and Speech, being supported by internal texts. The results obtained evidence that: 1) the base-text brings Renato Russo s complaint against social injustice and oppression in the lower classes resulting from northeastern migration; 2) the big city is represented by different social groups, each one with specific social roles determined by the Power ideology; 3) the Power is established by the economic power, which reorganizes the other social hierarchies, present in the representations of the social cognition signs, intra, inter and extra group. In conclusion, the citizenship is not attributed to all Brazilian citizens, since lower classes are subject to the State, although the State is not responsible for them / Dissertação situada na Análise Critica do Discurso, em interdisciplinaridade com a Linguística de Texto, a Teoria das Representações Sociais e a Teoria da Enunciação. Tem por Objetivo Geral, contribuir para os estudos dos papéis sociais, em diferentes grupos sócio-culturais brasileiros e por Objetivos Específicos: identificar os diferentes papéis sociais que compõem a estrutura da sociedade do nosso sertanejo nordestino; examinar qual funcionamento esses papéis têm entre si, a partir da interação do sertanejo nordestino com outros grupos sociais; e reconhecer os valores culturais e ideológicos, contidos na representação dos diferentes papéis sociais examinados. Justifica-se, pois frequentes avaliações da educação brasileira apontam a ineficiência das escolas públicas no processo ensino-aprendizagem e as soluções apontadas são, comumente, apresentadas por profissionais que atuam fora da escola e, portanto, o contexto da sala de aula e o perfil do aluno são desconsiderados. O ponto de partida da investigação foi conhecer as diferentes representações sociais, que são formas de conhecimento armazenadas na memória de longo prazo dos alunos, através de um questionário para caracterizá-los e para a escolha de uma música de suas preferências. A hipótese orientadora da pesquisa decorre da dialética entre o social e o individual e o procedimento metodológico foi teórico-analítico, o que propiciou a análise do texto-base a partir das categorias Sociedade, Cognição e Discurso, sendo complementada por intertextos. Os resultados obtidos indicam que: 1) o texto-base traz, representado em língua, uma denúncia de Renato Russo contra a injustiça e a opressão social, relativas às classes carentes, oriundas da migração nordestina; 2) a metrópole é representada por diferentes grupos sociais, cada um com papéis sociais específicos, determinados pela ideologia do Poder; 3) o Poder se institui a partir do poder econômico, que reorganiza as demais hierarquias sociais, presentes nas representações dos marcos de cognição social, intra, inter e extragrupais. Conclui-se que a cidadania não é atribuída a todos os brasileiros, pois, as classes mais carentes têm dever com o Estado, porém, o Estado não tem dever com elas

Um equipamento sinalizador luminoso de faltas foi desenvolvido pela Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz (CPFL) em parceria com a Escola Politécnica da USP e a empresa Expertise Engenharia Ltda., através de uma série de projetos de pesquisa incluídos no programa de pesquisa e desenvolvimento (P&D) regido pela Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL) brasileira. Neste trabalho é feita uma análise crítica da rota tecnológica adotada no desenvolvimento do sinalizador de faltas, apontando detalhes e justificativas das escolhas tecnológicas adotadas, além de novas possibilidades de melhoria do equipamento face aos avanços tecnológicos detectados nos últimos anos. Para tanto, é proposto e aplicado um novo método, associado a uma sistematização, para análise comparativa de tecnologias, que considera dados quantitativos, qualitativos e estratégicos diretamente comparáveis entre si. Ao longo do trabalho são analisados as escolhas dos princípios de detecção de faltas e funcionalidades agregadas, o desenvolvimento da eletrônica e dos circuitos integrados do detector de faltas, a fonte de alimentação, a sinalização luminosa e o gabinete do equipamento. Como resultado da linha de pesquisa do sinalizador luminoso de faltas foram obtidos protótipos de prova de conceito, cabeça-de-série e de lote pioneiro, estes últimos prontos e certificados para inserção no mercado. Obtiveram-se também diversas publicações em congressos nacionais, a geração de dois pedidos de patentes e um sistema computacional de alocação otimizada de sinalizadores de faltas em redes de distribuição aérea de energia elétrica. / Within the R&D program governed by the National Agency of Electric Energy of Brazil, a luminous faulted circuit indicator equipment (FCI) was developed by the Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz (CPFL) in partnership with the Escola Politécnica da USP and the company Expertise Engenharia Ltda. In this work it is presented a critical analysis of the technological route adopted for development of this new FCI, indicating details and justifications of technological choices adopted, and new detected possibilities for improvements, taken into account the technological advances in recent years. For such purpose, it is proposed a new method, associated to a practical systematization, for comparative analysis of technologies that accounts for quantitative, qualitative and strategic data directly comparable. The work presents analyses on the choices of fault detection principles and related functions, the development of integrated circuits and fault detector electronics, the power supply, the luminous signaling and the equipment case. As results of the research and development of the FCI there were obtained proof of concept, prototype and pilot equipments, the last ones certified and ready for sale. There were also obtained several publications in national conferences, submission of two patent applications and a software for optimization of FCIs allocation on overhead power distribution networks.