No description available.

Traditional Soviet conceptualisation of slang, argot and obscenities as ‘substandard’ is argued to have strong ideological underpinnings. Despite such lexis gaining increased visibility in public speech starting from Perestroika times, sociolinguistic research into their use is still scarce and often tainted by the same judgemental approach. Rejecting the association of slang, argot and obscenities with speakers’ insufficient linguistic competency, this study shifts attention to their identity construction values. Drawing largely on constructionist sociolinguistics, this thesis examines the use of slang, argot and obscenities in the scripts of six post-Soviet Russian films released in the period 1993-2005. It investigates how indexical connections between language and society were exploited, negotiated and, at times, reinterpreted in the films. Lexical variation is conceived here as a stylistic resource, and its functions in cinematic discourse are analysed in terms of statics (engagement with stereotypes) and dynamics (identity work) of characterisation. With regards to the former, the focused and economic conditions of film production determine that stereotypes are often drawn on to provide quick identification, especially in construction of minor characters. Stereotypes of criminals, youth and uneducated male adults were analysed, revealing that cinema does not only exploit direct associations between lexical varieties and social groups, but also engages with such stereotypes agentively, bringing to viewers’ attention their arbitrary nature and rigidity of boundaries, established by social categories. Language variation can also represent dynamics of characters’ identity work, which was analysed on two levels – interpersonal and ideational. The analysis revealed a multitude of functions, which on the interpersonal level drew on associations with familiarity, power and catharsis, yet defying stable connections between lexical varieties and structural elements. On the ideational level slang, argot and obscenities were shown to render characters’ orientation towards social structure and discourses, prevalent in the contemporary Russian society. This thesis thus shows that slang, argot and obscenities are a versatile meaning-making resource, employed in cinematic discourse for a variety of purposes. Focusing on the way character identities are styled through the use of lexical variation enabled this project to account for both the local instances of identity construction and the macro-level attempts of the filmmakers to critically engage with the social structures, exploring, questioning and reinterpreting them.

Thesis (M.A.(African Languages)) -- University of Limpopo, 2013 / The main aim of this study is to examine the way in which women are explored and explained by authors with special reference to Xitsonga novels, Ri xile by S.B. Nxumalo and Sasavona by D.C. Marivate. The first chapter reveals the general outline of the study, the problem statement, the aim, the importance and its methodology. The most important terms of the study has been explained in this chapter so as to reveal what is expected to be analyzed. Chapter two gives short summary of the novels Sasavona by D.C. Marivate and Ri xile by S.B. Nxumalo which have been examined together with the history of their authors. The definitions of the word characters and characterization have been included and defined in this chapter. In this chapter, the novels which have been selected to be analysed have been analysed. Chaper three explains, defines and analysed the themes of selected two novels. The definitions of theme has been given in this chapter. This definitions will make readers to understand what theme is. Chapter four deals with the setting or milieu of the above mentioned novels. Chapter five deals with the general summary of this mini-dissertation. The recommendations and recommendations for further research have been indicated in this chapter.

Cette thèse a pour objet la description et l’analyse des marqueurs discursifs (MD) là, par exemple, ékyé et wèé en français parlé au Cameroun, variété de français régional qui s’inscrit dans le français parlé en Afrique subsaharienne. Elle propose une analyse centrée sur les échanges discursifs et prend en compte la pragmatique afin de montrer que la communication repose sur l’intersubjectivité langagière qu’on peut analyser au moyen de traces linguistiques comme les MD. Pour étudier ces phénomènes pragmatiques au demeurant très peu étudiés en français parlé au Cameroun, la recherche s’est organisée principalement autour des notions de flux discursif, d’implicite social et d’interaction afin de comprendre la structuration informationnelle et le contexte situationnel qui motivent l’apparition des MD là, par exemple, ékyé et wèé dans l’organisation du discours, tant dans la production que dans la réception. Le corpus se compose d’échanges radiophoniques d’une part et d’échanges internet d’autre part. La thèse est composée en deux parties. La première rend compte des aspects théoriques, même si nous l’illustrons parfois avec des extraits de notre corpus. La seconde est consacrée à l’analyse systématique des données (le fonctionnement des quatre MD là, par exemple, ékyé et wèé dans les discours radiophoniques et dans les écrits tirés d’internet). Cette analyse a permis de conclure à la difficulté de définir exactement ce qu’est un MD, et de relever l’existence de terminologies concurrentes, tant les théories qui décrivent et expliquent le fonctionnement des MD sont hétérogènes. Nous proposons une définition opérationnelle des MD pour l’analyse de notre corpus et nous plaidons pour une prise en compte des phénomènes oraux et liés à l’interaction dans les études sur le français régional en Afrique. / This thesis sets out to describe and to analyse the discourse markers (DMs) là, par exemple, ékyé and wèé in Cameroon French, a regional variety of French that is spoken in Subsharan Africa. It is a pragmatic study of oral discourses that highlights how communication is based on speech inter-subjectivity such as DMs, which constitute linguistic traces. In order to study these uninvestigated pragmatic phenomena in Cameroon spoken French, three notions were of prime necessity, namely: discursive continuity, social implicity and interaction. These notions help to shed light on the informational structure and on the situational context of the DMs là, par exemple, ékyé and wèé in discourse organization as well as in its production or in its reception. The data of this study was got from two sources: on the one hand, radio programmes, and on the other hand, scripts collected from the internet. The study comprises two parts: Part one focuses on the theoretical concerns, alongside some illustrations of excerpts from the data. The second part provides a systematic analysis of the data (the functioning of the four DMs là, par exemple, ékyé and wèé in radio programmes and in internet scripts). This analysis enabled the confirmation that not only is it difficult to clearly define what a DM is but that there are also several competing terms and explanations, as theories regarding studies on DMs are heterogeneous. We propose an operational definition of DMs for the analysis of the data and suggest that studies on regional French spoken in Africa should take into account oral phenomena related to interaction.

No description available.

Submitted by Jean Medeiros (jeanletras@uepb.edu.br) on 2017-03-21T13:55:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 PDF - Elivelton Serafim Silva.pdf: 86719954 bytes, checksum: 5cd0839f76538c41503c8ce0dddb53d9 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Secta BC (secta.csu.bc@uepb.edu.br) on 2017-03-22T15:20:13Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 PDF - Elivelton Serafim Silva.pdf: 86719954 bytes, checksum: 5cd0839f76538c41503c8ce0dddb53d9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-22T15:20:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PDF - Elivelton Serafim Silva.pdf: 86719954 bytes, checksum: 5cd0839f76538c41503c8ce0dddb53d9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-14 / This work discusses the mathematics teacher initial formation focusing on the role of the teacher trainer in the discipline of Mathematical Education applied to technology. It outstands for approaching the integration of technology in the teaching-learning process in the Mathematical major courses, and, in particular, for analyzing the teacher trainer‟s perceptions, such as the obstacles they face and the interference of the initial teacher formation in his teaching practice. For so, a qualitative methodology was applied in order to know the teacher trainers‟ perception about their teaching practice in the discipline of Mathematical Education applied to technology. For achieving the objective as well as answering the researching question, the data were collected by a documental research where some laws that rule the majors in Mathematics in Brazil are presented, as well as by interviewing six trainer teachers of some Brazilian states, recorded in audio and transcribed later. The analysis of interviews was carried outthrough the Discourse of Collective Subject (LEFEVRE &LEFEVRE), an instrument of analysis recently developed in Brazil. In general, teacher trainer advocates that during the initial mathematic initiating teacher there must be the highest contact with technological tools. Besides, they infer that there must be moments destined to theory and others for practical actions development in relation to technology classroom use. Another unraveled aspect is that teacher trainers rarely highlighted practices destined to forming a transforming intellectual based on technological context. Thus, we conclude that the organization of teacher formation practice is innovative and is aligned with what is proposed by the Technological Mathematical Education discussions and that theoretical studies is necessary, although in this discipline more emphasis is put upon practical activities. Nevertheless, not only the practice of the teacher trainer of the discipline, but also the discussions taken by technological lines of Mathematical Education is far from the aspects related to forming a transforming intellectual. / Este trabalho discute acerca da formação inicial do professor de matemática, focando o papel do professor formador das disciplinas de Educação matemática aplicada à tecnologia. Destaca-se por abordar a integração da tecnologia nos processos de ensino-Aprendizagem nos cursos de licenciatura em matemática e, em particular, por analisar as percepções dos professores formadores, os obstáculos que eles enfrentam e a interferência da formação inicial dos professores em sua prática docente. Para tanto, foi empregada uma metodologia de natureza qualitativa com o intuito de conhecer a percepção do professor formador quanto à constituição de sua prática docente na disciplina de educação matemática aplicada a tecnologia. De modo a atingir o objetivo e responder as questões de pesquisa, os dados foram construídos mediante uma pesquisa documental, onde, são apresentadas algumas leis que regem a licenciatura em matemática no Brasil, e mediante entrevistas a seis professores formadores de alguns Estados brasileiros, as quais foram gravadas em áudio e transcritas posteriormente. A análise das entrevistas deu-se via o Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo – DSC (LEFÉVRE & LEFÉVRE), instrumento de análise desenvolvido recentemente no Brasil. De maneira geral, os professores formadores defendem que durante a formação inicial do professor de matemática haja contato com o maior número possível de ferramentas tecnológicas, assim como, inferem que sejam destinados momentos para o estudo teórico e outros para o desenvolvimento de ações práticas, relacionadas ao uso de tecnologias em sala de aula. Outro aspecto desvelado consiste que os professores formadores pouco evidenciaram as práticas voltadas para formação de um intelectual transformador tomando por base o contexto das tecnologias. Dessa forma concluímos que a organização da prática dos formadores é inovadora e condiz com o proposto pelas discussões da linha de tecnologias em Educação Matemática, bem como, que o estudo teórico é indispensável, contudo nessa disciplina é dada mais ênfase para as atividades práticas. Entretanto, não apenas a prática do formador da disciplina, mas as discussões desenvolvidas pela linha das tecnologias em Educação matemática se distanciam dos aspectos relacionados à formação de um intelectual transformador.