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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:58:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 David Sergio Hornblas.pdf: 8088521 bytes, checksum: a2ca7e802d511552d6e56c662e966423 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-10-21 / The following research had as a main target the investigation of a bullying aspect Mean Names How children feel and react as victims of this process . Under Henri Wallon's genetic psychology and his theoretical presuppositions about affectivity, a field study was engendered qualitative nature to amplify the understanding of this phenomenon. The collected data indicate psychological suffering and even extreme reactions from children with mean names, inside a public institution São Paulo downtown exempted of actions and contention procedures. This research was done with teenagers from the 7th and 8th grades, elementary school with ages between 13 and 14 years old. Bullying is a world wide phenomenon attacking young people without social, economical or politics distinction. In the present research, the children s reaction under mean names were deeply examined and suggested as the starting point of bullying occurrences / O estudo que se segue, teve por objetivo investigar um dos recortes do bullying: O uso de apelidos pejorativos, ou seja, como sentem e reagem crianças vítimas desse processo. Sob a ótica da psicologia genética de Henri Wallon e seus pressupostos teóricos sobre afetividade, engendrou-se um estudo de campo, de natureza qualitativa, visando à compreensão amplificada do fenômeno. Os dados coletados indicam sofrimento psicológico e por vezes reações destemperadas dos alunos apelidados, circunscritos numa escola pública região central de São Paulo que se exime de ações e procedimentos de contenção. A pesquisa foi realizada com alunos das 7ºs e 8ºs anos do ensino fundamental e idades entre 13 e 14 anos. O bullying é um fenômeno mundial que acomete jovens sem distinção social, econômica ou política. Na presente pesquisa, as reações dos sujeitos perante os apelidos pejorativos foram examinadas com profundidade e sugeridos como o ponto de partida para outros eventos de bullying

The goal of my diploma thesis is the detail analysis of the usage of diminutives in the Spanish literature, including the characteristics of their meaning and function. The theoretical part of my thesis is consisted of the basic information concerning this morphological phenomenon and its creation, function and interpretation in the text. It also includes definition of the children´s literature and various views on this subcategory of literature. There is mentioned the history of the children´s literature too, together with its evolution and literary performance. I pay special attention to linguistic features which appear in the children´s literature. The practical part is consisted of the qualitative and quantitative analysis of three books for children: Manolito on the Road, El príncipe que todo lo aprendió en los libros and El Conde Lucanor.The goal of this part of my thesis is the comparison of several linguistic approaches towards this morphological phenomenon. I also aim to determine eventual difference in frequency of using of different types of diminutive suffix, both from the diachronical and differential point of view. Last but not least, there is a qualitative analysis which elaborates individual contextual functions of diminutive suffix.

This study examines the supposedly pejorative nature of the Germanic derived suffix -ard in French medieval words and their contemporary counterparts. The author looks at the words used in medieval writings available in the online database Frantext Moyen Français, which features texts dating from the year 1330 to 1502. The study reveals that while a large portion of the words ending in -ard in this database can be considered pejorative, a group of words does not carry this connotation, such as words referring to colours or objects. Some words were pejorative in Old French but have lost this connotation over time, while others have disappeared only to reappear centuries later with new meanings. The study also shows that -ard was used to form many types of words – nouns, verbs and adjectives – which take their derivation from several different languages (e.g. Latin, Dutch, Spanish etc.). Sometimes it also seems to appear without any obvious reason, for example when it replaces an already existing suffix. Because of the changeable nature of language, words carrying the ending -ard must be examined in the context in which they occur in order to be properly understood.