Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:46:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Vera Cardoso Torrecillas.pdf: 1133217 bytes, checksum: 152334405d67d261e488edbb4f8d65f8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-02-14 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / This dissertation aims at analyzing based on Textual Linguistics and Speech Analysis two theater plays: Oswald de Andrade s O Rei da Vela, and Jorge Andrade s A Moratória. Both plays focus on the economic crisis Brazil was going through in 1929; such crisis was provoked by the enormous fall in coffee prices; coffe was then the main product of national economy; both plays also portray the consequences of such crisis upon society, as well as the social changes families belonging to coffee elite had to undergo. A Moratória tells the story of a rural aristocratic family next to ankruptcy. Besides individual conflicts before a degrading social environment, the play portrays the hints of a slow and definitive changing process in the structure of São Paulo s families. The social and economic reality provoked by the 1929 crisis is presented through despair and hopes of Joaquim s family. Individual and family conflicts filter social analysis. O Rei da Vela focuses on the same Brazilian historical period. The author criticizes the industrialization process, and pokes fun of several aspects of Brazilian. The play presents a decadent rural aristocracy that tries, through marriage, regain the privileges it used to have; it also shows bourgeoisie in social ascension through jobbery, and conquering a place in society through economically motivated marriages. Demoralization and the reprehension of costumes are the play s guidelines. Though both works deal with the same subject, each author has his own way of representing the same historical moment, as well as different standpoints. Oswald de Andrade shows the crisis from the viewpoint of the social class making profit out of it: the industrial bourgeoisie. Jorge Andrade deals with the crisis from the aristocracy s viewpoint. The analysis of these theatre plays are based on texts by Robert-Alain Beaugrande and Wolfgang Ulrich Dressler, Eni Orlandi, Elisa Guimarães, Ingedore G. Villaça Koch, who deal with the marks of textuality and the relationship of language with exteriority. / A presente dissertação tem por objetivo analisar, à luz da Lingüística Textual e da Análise do Discurso, duas obras teatrais O Rei da Vela, de Oswald de Andrade, e A Moratória, de Jorge Andrade. As obras focalizam a crise econômica por que passa o país em 1929, provocada pela queda vertiginosa do preço do café, então principal produto da economia nacional; mostra as conseqüências dessa crise sobre a sociedade e as mudanças sociais a que as famílias da elite do café foram submetidas. A Moratória revela a história de uma família aristocrata rural à beira da falência. Além do conflito de indivíduos, ante um meio social em desagregação, a obra retrata os indícios de um processo lento e definitivo de mudanças na estrutura da sociedade paulista. A realidade socioeconômica resultante da crise de 1929 é mostrada por meio do desespero e das esperanças da família de Joaquim. São os conflitos individuais e familiares que filtram a análise social. O Rei da Vela focaliza o mesmo período da história brasileira. O autor faz uma crítica ao processo de industrialização e satiriza a sociedade brasileira em vários aspectos. A peça mostra a aristocracia rural decadente, que tenta, por meio do casamento, readquirir as vantagens de que dispunha; e mostra a burguesia ascendendo socialmente com uso da agiotagem e conquistando um lugar na sociedade por meio de um casamento por interesse. A desmoralização e a repreensão aos costumes são a nota propulsora da peça. Embora tratem do mesmo assunto, cada autor tem pontos de vista diferentes e uma maneira própria de representar o mesmo momento histórico. Oswald de Andrade mostra a crise a partir da classe que lucra com ela: a burguesia industrial. Jorge Andrade focaliza a crise do ponto de vista da aristocracia. A análise das obras teatrais está alicerçada nos textos de Robert Alain Beaugrande e Wolfgang Ulrich Dressler, Eni Orlandi, Elisa Guimarães, Ingedore G. Villaça Koch que tratam das marcas de textualidade e da relação da linguagem com a exterioridade.

This master thesis deals with a comparison of the most common German and Czech valency lexicons, focusing on the dictionaries E-VALBU and VALLEX in particular. It employs two different methods: a confrontation of selected verbal translation pairs using corpus analysis and taking the introspective valency tests of the individual dictionaries into account, as well as qualitative research among the linguists - the authors and users of valency dictionaries. The thesis proves the usability of corpus analysis for this kind of research and shows that most differences in dictionary entries are not caused by a different behavior of the respective verbs in both languages, but rather by divergent theoretical bases of the dictionaries. The interviews with selected linguists confirm the theoretical discrepancies, but also show many similar opinions and experiences, in particular those regarding practical work with the dictionaries: a stress on the user-friendliness of the dictionaries and the use of real language data from the corpora.

"June 2003" 2 maps in pocket on back cover. Bibliography: leaves 285-308. This thesis critically examines the processes involved in the construction of the linguistic historical record for the north-west region of South Australia. Focussing on the work of Norman B. Tindale, the thesis looks at the construction of Tindale's Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and Antikirinya representations. It argues that Tindale effectively reduced a diversity of indigenous practices to ordered categories more reflective of Western and colonial concepts than indigenous views. Tindale did not consider linguistic criteria in depth, had few informants, worked within arbitary tribal boundaries, was biased towards the category 'Pitjantjatjara' and was informed by notions of racial/linguistic purity. These factors which shaped the linguistic record must be taken into account when interpreting records for use as historical and native Title evidence.

"June 2003" / 2 maps in pocket on back cover. / Bibliography: leaves 285-308. / xiv, 308 leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / This thesis critically examines the processes involved in the construction of the linguistic historical record for the north-west region of South Australia. Focussing on the work of Norman B. Tindale, the thesis looks at the construction of Tindale's Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and Antikirinya representations. It argues that Tindale effectively reduced a diversity of indigenous practices to ordered categories more reflective of Western and colonial concepts than indigenous views. Tindale did not consider linguistic criteria in depth, had few informants, worked within arbitary tribal boundaries, was biased towards the category 'Pitjantjatjara' and was informed by notions of racial/linguistic purity. These factors which shaped the linguistic record must be taken into account when interpreting records for use as historical and native Title evidence. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, School of European Studies and General Linguistics, 2003

The present thesis deals with the origin of Latin American Spanish. The first part of this work is dedicated to the historical context which shows us the situation in which was the Kingdom of Spain in the moment of the voyages of exploration. It is treated in there the exploration on the New World and the interior situation of the kingdom as well. The second part of the historical context contains as well the language policy because is needed to have on mind the official reason why Spain was colonizing America which was the Christianization of the American original people. In this battle was the main weapon the language, that's why also it was so important to regulate it with laws and orders. Next part of the present work define American Spanish as an entity which is possible to define geographically and historically, it is a linguistic system which has a common history and determine the most important and decisive period for the formation of the American Spanish as the first one which is in between 1492 - 1519. To this part belong also the opinions and theories of the most important linguists. There is no time for mentioned every linguist who have ever treated the topic, therefore there are mentioned just the most important ones and their theories. Next chapter is dedicated to the pronunciation,...