Orientador: Edson Rosa Francisco de Souza / Resumo: A intensificação é um processo rotineiro na vida de todos nós falantes de uma língua, uma vez que é a partir dela que tentamos convencer, reforçar, persuadir, isto é, mudar a informação pragmática do nosso interlocutor acerca daquilo que temos em mente e do que estamos vivenciando. Como afirma Costa (2010, p. 62), as experiências e as ações que o indivíduo vivencia em seu cotidiano não são sempre iguais, elas se diferenciam por diversos motivos, e um deles é a intensidade com que ocorrem, podendo variar entre maior ou menor força. Logo, as microconstruções intensificadoras do português, do tipo morto de fome, podre de rico, cansado pra caramba, entre outras, são utilizadas na língua com a função de exprimir uma noção superelevada acerca de algo, que ultrapassa os limites do que é concebido como relativamente normal pelo falante. Assim, tais construções intensificadoras funcionam como estratégias discursivas que lançam mão do recurso da metaforização, isto é, não carregam consigo somente o sentido literal, mas também outros significados (construídos via metáfora ou metonímia). Apresentam um pareamento direto de forma-sentido (CROFT, 2001; GOLDBERG, 2006), com uma estrutura sequencial, que inclui tanto posições fixas quanto posições abertas e apresentam diferentes graus de esquematicidade, composicionalidade e analisabilidade. Sendo assim, com base nos pressupostos teóricos da abordagem construcional (TRAUGOTT e TROUSDALE, 2013; BYBEE, 2010), o objetivo deste trabalho é analisa... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Intensification is a routine process in all of our lives' who speaks a language, since it is from there we try to convince, reinforce, persuade, it means, change the pragmatic information of our interlocutor about what we have in mind and what we are experiencing. As Costa (2010, p. 62) states, the experiences and actions that individuals experience in their daily lives are not always the same, they differ for different reasons and one of them is the intensity with which they occur, which may vary between greater or lesser strength. Therefore, the peripheral intensifying microconstructions of Brazilian Portuguese, of the type “morto de fome”, “podre de rico”, “cansado pra caramba”, among others, are used in the language with the function of expressing a superelevated notion about something, which goes beyond the limits of what is conceived to be relatively normal by the speaker. thus, such intensifying constructions function as discursive strategies that use the resource of metaphorization, wich means, they carry not only the literal meaning, but also other meanings (constructed via metaphor or metonymy). They present a direct pairing in a meaningful way (CROFT, 2001; Goldberg, 2006), with a sequential structure, which includes both fixed and open positions and show different degrees of schematicity, compositionality and analyzability. Therefore, based on the theoretical assumptions of the constructional approach (Traugott and Trousdale, 2013; Bybee 2010), this study's object... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

The necessity of managing disparate data models is increasing within all IT areas. Emerging hybrid relational-XML systems are under development in this context to support both relational and XML data models. However, there are ever-growing needs for adequate data models for texts and multimedia, which are applications that require proper storage, and their capability to coexist and collaborate with other data models is as important as that of a relational-XML hybrid model. This work proposes a new data model named E-model that supports rich relations and reflects the dynamic nature of information. This E-model introduces abstract data typing objects and rules of relation that support: (1) the notion of time in object definition and relation, (2) multiple-type relations, (3) complex schema modeling methods using a relational directed acyclic graph, and (4) interoperation with popular data models. To implement the E-model prototype, extensive data operation APIs have been developed on top of relational databases. In processing dynamic queries, our prototype achieves an order of magnitude improvement in speed compared with popular data models. Based on extensive E-model APIs, a new language named EML is proposed. EML extends the SQL-89 standard with various E-model features: (1) unstructured queries, (2) unified object namespaces, (3) temporal queries, (4) ranking orders, (5) path queries, and (6) semantic expansions. The E-model system can interoperate with popular data models with its rich relations and flexible structure to support complex data models. It can act as a stand-alone database server or it can also provide materialized views for interoperation with other data models. It can also co-exist with established database systems as a centralized online archive or as a proxy database server. The current E-model prototype system was implemented on top of a relational database. This allows significant benefits from established database engines in application development. In addition to extensive features added to SQL, our EML prototype achieves an order of magnitude speed improvement in dynamic queries compared to popular database models. Availability Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide after my graduation.