The thesis deals with the issue of walking and standing in patients with a scoliosis. The theoretical part of this thesis summarizes current knowledge of scoliosis, its classification, etiology, pathogenesis and risk factors of the curve progression. Then the most often changes of the stand and gait stereotype and their main causes are discussed. Goal of the practical part was to identify the difference between particular parameters of gait in an experimental group of patients with scoliosis and a control group of healthy individuals. The examination was performed via the dynamic plantography method using the Zebris FDM-T System. 19 probands with scoliosis aged 8 - 19 and a control group of 19 orthopedically healthy patients in a corresponding age distribution have been selected for the study. The results did not provide any statistically significant difference on a significance level p=0,05. However, there were clear differences between the groups referring to bigger asymmetries in stance and gait stereotype in the scoliosis patients group. Since even in a scientific literature there is a difference in opinion on this issue, more research might be necessary for the exact evaluation of the influence of scoliosis on the stance and gait stereotype.

Estudos pregressos têm investigado causas e fatores de risco para quedas e incapacidade funcional em idosos. Porém, no que se refere a fatores biomecânicos envolvidos no desempenho funcional e controle postural, a contribuição dos grupos musculares proximais de quadril e de tronco ainda recebe pouca atenção. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi verificar a associação entre a função muscular dos abdutores e adutores do quadril e dos extensores e flexores do tronco com o desempenho do equilíbrio semi-estático e dinâmico e da funcionalidade de idosos independentes que vivem na comunidade. Métodos: oitenta e um idosos de ambos os sexos foram submetidos à avaliação do equilíbrio e da funcionalidade por meio dos testes: (1) marcha tandem sobre a plataforma de força Balance Master (Neurocom International Inc., Clackamas, OR) para obtenção das variáveis velocidade da marcha tandem e velocidade de oscilação corporal ao final da marcha tandem; e (2) testes clínicos de apoio unipodal e Timed Up and Go (TUG). Também foram submetidos à avaliação da função muscular em dinamômetro isocinético (Biodex System 4 Pro, Nova York, EUA) por meio de 3 contrações isométricas máximas de abdução e adução do quadril e flexão e extensão do tronco para obtenção das variáveis pico de torque (PT) e taxa de desenvolvimento de força (TDF) proporcionais ao peso corporal. Após aplicação do teste de normalidade de Shapiro-Wilk, foi realizado teste de correlação de Pearson (dados com distribuição normal) e de Spearman (dados com distribuição não-normal). Para aquelas variáveis com coeficiente de correlação significativo, foi aplicado teste de regressão linear para quantificar o índice de determinação (r2) da função muscular do quadril e tronco no equilíbrio e funcionalidade de idosos. Foi adotado nível de significância de 5% (p < 0,05). Resultados: houve correlação com índice de determinação significativo do PT dos grupos musculares do quadril e do tronco sobre o desempenho dos testes de equilíbrio e funcionalidade. Em relação à TDF, foi encontrada correlação com índice de determinação significativo da TDF de abdução de quadril e de extensão de tronco sobre a velocidade de oscilação ao final da marcha tandem e sobre o TUG e também da TDF de extensão de tronco sobre o apoio unipodal. Conclusões: esses 10 achados podem ser clinicamente relevantes considerando que (1) diferentes parâmetros da função muscular (como PT e TDF) apresentam diferentes estratégias de intervenção para seu aprimoramento e que (2) problemas de equilíbrio e/ou de funcionalidade em idosos podem estar associados com comprometimentos da TDF e do PT da musculatura proximal, os quais são parâmetros passíveis de intervenção. / Previous studies have investigated causes and risk factors for falls and functional disability in the elderly. However, regarding biomechanical factors involved in the functional performance and postural control, the contribution of the proximal muscle groups of the hip and trunk still receives little attention. The objective of this study was to assess the association between muscle function of hip abductors and adductors and trunk flexors and extensors muscles with the performance of static and dynamic balance and functionality of community-dwelling older adults. Methods: eighty-one elderly of both sexes underwent assessment of balance and functionality through: (1) tandem gait test on the Balance Master force platform (Neurocom International Inc., Clackamas, OR) to obtain the variable tandem gait speed and body sway velocity in the end of tandem gait; and (2) clinical tests of single-leg stance and Timed Up and Go (TUG). The participants also underwent assessment of muscle function in isokinetic dynamometer (Biodex System 4 Pro, New York, USA) through 3 maximal isometric contractions of abduction and adduction of the hip and flexion and extension of the trunk to obtain the variables peak torque (PT) and rate of force development (RFD) in proportion to body weight. The Shapiro-Wilk normality test was performed and then, Pearson correlation test (data with normal distribution) and Spearman (data with non-normal distribution) were applied. Linear regression test was applied to quantify the determination index (r2) of muscle function of the hip and trunk in balance and functionality of the elderly for those variables with significant correlation coefficient. It was adopted a significance level of 5% (p < 0.05). Results: there was correlation with a significant determination index of PT of muscle groups of the hip and trunk in the performance of balance and functionality tests. Regarding the RFD, it was found correlation with significant determination index of RFD of the hip abduction and trunk extension in the body sway velocity in the end of tandem gait and TUG; and of RFD of the trunk extension in single-leg stance. Conclusions: These findings may be clinically relevant considering that (1) different parameters of muscle function (such as PT and RDF) have different intervention strategies for their improvement and (2) problems of balance and / or functionality in the elderly may be 12 associated with impairments of RFD and PT of proximal muscles, which are parameters that can be treated.

There is writing about how nineteenth-century churchgoers' views of other countries were formed by church periodicals. And there is writing about how opinions of the Cing and Japanese Empires were changed by the 'Cing-Japanese War of 1894-1895' ('First Sino-Japanese War'; 'Jiá-wǔ War'), and the 'Japanese-Táiwanese War of 1895'. But, there are no works making connections between these bodies of writing. This work makes such a connection through a comparison of writing about the wars in two church periodicals, the England-based Monthly Messenger and Gospel in China , and the Táiwan-based 'Dāi-lám Church News' ('Dāi-lám Hu-siá n Gào-ho ê -b e'). It makes the argument that the periodicals' writers and editors were on the side of the Japanese, as it seemed to them that Japanese success against the Cing Empire, and Japanese rule in Tái-wan, would make Western ways commoner in these places, which would be good for the Protestant Churches there. But the writers and editors had to give their opinions differently, as their readers were in different positions with respect to the wars. The Monthly Messenger's readers were in England; nothing the writers said about the war would make them any less safe, and so in both wars the periodical gave its support to the Japanese loudly and frequently. But the Church News' readers and writers were in Tái-wan. Openly supporting an attacking country could put them in danger, so the writers said nothing for or against any side in the first war, and were but quietly against the Táiwanese Republic in the second.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:30:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Nali Rosa Silva Ferreira.pdf: 1123014 bytes, checksum: 30c6be54ba211bbb5b2c45806a0d5576 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-10-05 / The present work is about a formation-research which is carried out under the theoretical-methodological principles of interdisciplinary thought. It also proposes reflections over the interdisciplinary stance of the teacher of the future elementary school teacher through professional autonomy. The aim is to understand which direction must be taken by the practice of the teacher&#8223;s teacher in order to mediate the construction of the professional autonomy (specifically the new kind&#8223; of autonomy) of the future teacher of the early years of elementary school. In the search for a new meaning in the didactical-pedagogical action, we have observed the trajectory of its movements, connecting them with a given life story as well as with the meanings of the meaning circle of Pineau and the interdisciplinary categories of Fazenda. The path of the investigation takes into account the signals stemming from the self-governance and the self-construction of autonomy under the existential parameters of these days, shaped by an environment of knowledge with frequent assimilation of new data in the various situations which demand autonomous learning. We seek, furthermore, to explore, validate and make explicit the nature and the direction of the didactical action under the principles of an interdisciplinary educational practice. We use memory records of the practice of teaching in the universities, documental analysis, focal groups as well as the answers from a survey which has an opening for a qualitative analysis of the accounts produced by students of the Pedagogy course (UniBH). The experience of an interdisciplinary stance, with the interdisciplinary methodological backings, allows for the comprehension of limits, difficulties and possibilities in the mediating action of the teacher of the future teacher by learning the new kind&#8223; of autonomy / Este trabalho trata de uma pesquisa-formação que observa os princípios teórico-metodológicos da interdisciplinaridade e propõe reflexões sobre a atitude interdisciplinar do formador do professor pela autonomia profissional. Objetiva-se compreender a direção na qual deve caminhar a prática do docente formador para mediar a construção da autonomia profissional de tipo novo do futuro professor dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental. Na procura de um novo sentido na ação didático-pedagógica, observou-se a trajetória de seus movimentos articulando-os à história de vida, aos significados dos círculos do sentido de Pineau e às categorias da interdisciplinaridade de Fazenda. O caminho da investigação observa os sinais da autogestão e autoconstrução da autonomia nos parâmetros existenciais da atualidade, emoldurados por um ambiente de conhecimento com incorporação constante de dados novos nas diversas situações que requisitam a aprendizagem autônoma. Busca, ainda, explorar, validar e explicitar a natureza e a direção da ação didática nos princípios de uma prática docente interdisciplinar. Utiliza-se de registros da memória da prática na docência no ensino superior, análise documental, grupo focal e questionário com abertura para uma análise qualitativa dos relatos de alunos do curso de Pedagogia (UniBH). A vivência da atitude interdisciplinar, com os toques metodológicos interdisciplinares, possibilita compreender limites, dificuldades e possibilidades na ação mediadora do docente formador do professor pela aprendizagem da autonomia de tipo novo, no contexto da formação de professores para a escola básica

La motivation première de ce doctorat en cotutelle est de décrire, de caractériser et de mieux comprendre les pratiques plurilingues en milieu professionnel en croisant les perspectives allemandes et françaises. Les deux terrains de recherche sélectionnés sont une entreprise aéronautique européenne et l’UNESCO. Ils ont des caractéristiques linguistiques similaires : l’utilisation de l’anglais comme langue véhiculaire, la localisation d’un site à Hambourg en Allemagne, leurs sièges sociaux respectifs en France, des communications régulières avec des sites en zone hispanophone, ainsi que l’offre de cours d’anglais, de français, d’allemand et d’espagnol auprès de leurs employés. La recherche se donne trois objectifs : comparer le « prescrit » par les politiques linguistiques, identifier les situations précises liées à des pratiques plurilingues en milieu professionnel et repérer les rôles des salariés selon le vecteur de communication choisi. On fait l’hypothèse que le discours officiel qui enjoint d’utiliser l’anglais laisse, en fait, de la place aux échanges multilingues lors de différentes activités quotidiennes. Les réglementations linguistiques au plan européen, au plan national et au niveau entrepreneurial sont exposées, puis les recherches menées dans les milieux professionnels sont introduites pour faire émerger la problématique. Dans la mesure où le recueil des données est basé sur la démarche de la triangulation au moyen de questionnaires, d’entretiens ainsi que d’enregistrements et d’observations de réunions, il amène à analyser des discours de différentes natures. A partir de la question de cadrage, envisagé au plan linguistique comme au plan sociologique, on essaie d’établir le lien entre posture professionnelle et pratiques langagières. Il semblerait que les faits de pluri-compétences, de pluri-linguisme, de multi-linguisme et de pluri-activités donnent matière à repenser nos méthodologies d’enseignement des langues. / The pre-eminent goal of the present doctoral thesis, developed under a double supervision, is to describe, to characterize and to understand better the multilingual practice in the professional sphere by crossing the German and French perspectives. The chosen fields of research are a European aviation company and the UNESCO. Both of them have in common similar linguistic characteristics: the use of English as a lingua franca, the location of a branch in Hamburg (Germany), their headquarters in France, regular communication with sites in Spanish-speaking areas as well as the offer of English, French, German and Spanish courses for their employees. The research serves a triple objective: comparing the linguistic policy rules, identifying the exact situations linked to multilingual practices in the professional field and exploring the employees’role according to the communication vector chosen. I hypothesize that, in fact, the official discourse which explicitly prescribes the use of English, leaves room for multilingual exchanges in different daily activities. To start with, the linguistic regulations are explained on the European, the state and the entrepreneurial level. Then, the research done in the professional sphere as well as the problem itself are presented. As the collection of research material is based on a triangulation which is carried out with the help of questionnaires, interviews, recordings and observations of meetings, our method requires analysing different types of discourse. Departing from the question of the surroundings which is considered in a linguistic as well as sociological respect, I pursue to establish a link between the professional stance and the linguistic practices. Apparently the multiple competences, multilingualism, polyglotism and multiple activities situations recommends a reassessment of our teaching methods for languages. / Das vorrangige Anliegen dieser unter Doppelbetreuung entstandenen Dissertation ist es, diemehrsprachigen Praktiken im beruflichen Umfeld, mit Hilfe eines deutsch-franzosichenPerspektivwechsels zu beschreiben, zu charakterisieren und besser zu verstehen. Die zweigewählten Untersuchungskontexte sind ein europäisches Luftfahrtunternehmen und dieUNESCO. Beide weisen ähnliche sprachliche Merkmale auf: die Verwendung des Englischenals Verkehrssprache, die Ansiedlung einer Außenstelle in Hamburg (Deutschland), ihrejeweiligen Firmensitze in Frankreich, regelmäßiger Austausch mit Standorten inspanischsprachigen Gebieten ebenso wie das Angebot von Englisch-, Französisch-, DeutschundSpanischkursen, für ihre Mitarbeiter. Die Forschungsarbeit setzt sich drei Ziele: das vonder Sprachpolitik "Vorgeschriebene" zu vergleichen, diejenigen Situationen genau zuidentifizieren, die mit bestimmten mehrsprachigen Praktiken im beruflichen Umfeldverbunden sind, und die Rolle der Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer nach den jeweilsgewählten Kommunikationsträgern der ausfindig zu machen. Es wird die Hypotheseaufgestellt, dass der offizielle Diskurs, der ausdrücklich den Gebrauch des Englischenvorschreibt, tatsächlich Platz für mehrsprachigen Austausch bei unterschiedlichen alltäglichenTätigkeiten zulässt. Zunächst werden die sprachlichen Bestimmungen auf europäischer,staatlicher sowie auf unternehmerischer Ebene erläutert, bevor die im beruflichen Umfelddurchgeführten Forschungen und ihre Problematik vorgestellt werden. Da die Sammlung desDatenmaterials auf der Triangulation mittels Fragebogen, Interviews, Aufnahmen undBeobachtungen von Versammlungen basiert, führt sie zu einer Analyse unterschiedlichgearteter Diskurse. Ausgehend von der Frage nach dem Rahmen, der sowohl in sprachlicherals auch in soziologischer Hinsicht berücksichtigt wird, wird versucht, eine Verbindungzwischen der professionellen Haltung und den sprachlichen Praktiken herzustellen. Esscheint, als würden uns die Tatsachen der Mehrfachkompetenzen, der Mehrsprachigkeit, derVielsprachigkeit und der Mehrfachtätigkeiten Anlass geben, unsere Unterrichtsmethoden inden Sprachen noch einmal zu überdenken.

Meta-governance recently emerged in the field of governance as a new approach which claims that its use enables modern states to overcome problems associated with network governance. This thesis shares the view that networks are an important feature of contemporary politics which must be taken seriously, but it also maintains that networks pose substantial analytical and political challenges. It proceeds to investigate the potential possibilities and problems associated with meta-governance on both theoretical and empirical levels. The theoretical discussion examines meta-governance in relation to governmentality, and it puts forward the claim that meta-governance may be understood as a specific type of neo-liberal governmentality. The meta-governance perspective regards networks as a complementary structure to traditional administration that can be utilized in the implementation and realization of public policy, but which also preserves the self-regulating and flexible character of networks. This generates a contradiction between the goals of public management and the character of networks that requires further investigation. The combination of the specific dynamics of the political field of security, the diminishing role of sovereign powers, the emergence of security networks, and the meta-governance stance adopted by the Swedish state constitutes a situation that should have been favorable for the successful employment of meta-governance. The empirical investigation of meta-governance is divided into two parts. The first part reviews the historical process involved and shows how the Swedish government and public authorities have adopted a meta-governance stance. The second analyzes the specific instruments and strategies that have been deployed in the governance of security communications and in the management of Sweden’s new security communications system which is an important aspect of security networks. The historical study together with the analysis of the meta-governance tools deployed reveals that the meta-governors neither reached the goals specified, nor fulfilled the overall purpose of successful security communications. I argue on the basis of the theoretical and empirical findings obtained in the present study that it is very difficult to successfully employ meta-governance in respect to security and crisis management, and that we have sound reasons to suspect that meta-governance will run into similar difficulties in other political fields as well. I conclude that meta-governance is a far more difficult practice than has been anticipated by existing theories and policy recommendations. Turning to meta-governance as a way to govern and control organizations may in fact lead to further fragmentation and distortion of public politics.

This study examined whether South African government reacted to its debt positions in a sustainable manner during the period 1999 quarter 1 to 2016 quarter 2. Estimation of the fiscal reaction function was conducted by integrating the exogenous short-run impact of monetary policy stance on both primary balance and public debt positions. The VEC model approach was applied to estimate the fiscal reaction function. Results indicate that fiscal policy in South Africa was sustainable during the respective sample period while monetary policy stance had statistically significant impacts on both primary balance and public debt positions. The significant impacts of monetary policy stance on primary balance and public debt show that monetary policy contributes to ensuring fiscal sustainability in South Africa, hence government needs to harmonize monetary efforts in managing public debt. The estimated impact of the business cycle on primary balance positions indicate that fiscal policy was countercyclical in nature. / Economics / M. Com. (Economics)

Este trabalho se situa na fronteira entre os estudos culturais e os estudos lingüísticos. Ele tem como objetivo observar possíveis diferenças em termos de organização de gênero e escolhas lexicais entre os anúncios pessoais feitos por gays e heterossexuais do sexo masculino. O corpus de análise consiste de quarenta anúncios retirados de dois sites de encontros da Internet, sendo que vinte são originariamente escritos por gays e os outros vinte por heterossexuais do sexo masculino. A base desta pesquisa se encontra nos trabalhos de Swales (1990) e Bhatia (1993) sobre a descrição de gêneros e no trabalho de Hoey (1997) sobre narrativas eróticas. Deste último retiramos alguns conceitos sobre a auto-descrição e a descrição do objeto de desejo. Inicialmente, os anúncios eletrônicos pessoais são comparados com anúncios pessoais impressos (cf. Shalom 1997), na tentativa de verificar como os anúncios impressos podem ter se adaptado ao meio digital. Num segundo momento, a análise se concentra na aplicação do sistema de Avaliação (ou Appraisal) de Martin e White (2005) a fim de caracterizarmos como os gays e heterossexuais do sexo masculino avaliam a si próprios e a seus objetos de desejo. A dissertação sugere que há diferenças relacionadas ao posicionamento atitudinal dos gays e heterossexuais, especialmente em relação à utilização de Afeto. Observam-se diferenças também não previstas por nossas perguntas de pesquisa, que não podem ser atribuídas nem às organizações diferentes dos sites, nem às escolhas lexicais dos anunciantes, mas sim aos tipos de sites e audiências escolhidos pelos anunciantes / The present work lies on the borderline of cultural and linguistic studies. It aims at examining whether there are differences concerning genre organization and lexical choices in ads filled in by gay and heterosexual males. The corpus consists of forty ads from two dating sites on the internet: twenty are originally written by gay males and the other twenty are written by heterosexual males. This research draws on works such as Swales (1990) and Bhatias (1993) on genre description and on Hoeys (1997) on erotic narratives. From the latter we have borrowed a few key concepts to help us analyze self and other description. At an early stage, the internet ads are compared to printed ads (cf. Shalom 1997) in an attempt to check how these ads should have adapted to the digital medium. Afterwards, we resort to Martin and Whites (2005) Appraisal system so as to characterize how gays and heterosexuals see themselves and their desired others. The dissertation suggests that there are differences related to the attitudinal positioning of gays and heterosexuals, particularly in the use of Affect. There are also findings unforeseen at the beginning of the research. In other words, these differences do not come down either to the variation in the organization of the sites, or to the lexical choices of the advertisers, but rather to the kind of site chosen by the advertisers

Estudos pregressos têm investigado causas e fatores de risco para quedas e incapacidade funcional em idosos. Porém, no que se refere a fatores biomecânicos envolvidos no desempenho funcional e controle postural, a contribuição dos grupos musculares proximais de quadril e de tronco ainda recebe pouca atenção. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi verificar a associação entre a função muscular dos abdutores e adutores do quadril e dos extensores e flexores do tronco com o desempenho do equilíbrio semi-estático e dinâmico e da funcionalidade de idosos independentes que vivem na comunidade. Métodos: oitenta e um idosos de ambos os sexos foram submetidos à avaliação do equilíbrio e da funcionalidade por meio dos testes: (1) marcha tandem sobre a plataforma de força Balance Master (Neurocom International Inc., Clackamas, OR) para obtenção das variáveis velocidade da marcha tandem e velocidade de oscilação corporal ao final da marcha tandem; e (2) testes clínicos de apoio unipodal e Timed Up and Go (TUG). Também foram submetidos à avaliação da função muscular em dinamômetro isocinético (Biodex System 4 Pro, Nova York, EUA) por meio de 3 contrações isométricas máximas de abdução e adução do quadril e flexão e extensão do tronco para obtenção das variáveis pico de torque (PT) e taxa de desenvolvimento de força (TDF) proporcionais ao peso corporal. Após aplicação do teste de normalidade de Shapiro-Wilk, foi realizado teste de correlação de Pearson (dados com distribuição normal) e de Spearman (dados com distribuição não-normal). Para aquelas variáveis com coeficiente de correlação significativo, foi aplicado teste de regressão linear para quantificar o índice de determinação (r2) da função muscular do quadril e tronco no equilíbrio e funcionalidade de idosos. Foi adotado nível de significância de 5% (p < 0,05). Resultados: houve correlação com índice de determinação significativo do PT dos grupos musculares do quadril e do tronco sobre o desempenho dos testes de equilíbrio e funcionalidade. Em relação à TDF, foi encontrada correlação com índice de determinação significativo da TDF de abdução de quadril e de extensão de tronco sobre a velocidade de oscilação ao final da marcha tandem e sobre o TUG e também da TDF de extensão de tronco sobre o apoio unipodal. Conclusões: esses 10 achados podem ser clinicamente relevantes considerando que (1) diferentes parâmetros da função muscular (como PT e TDF) apresentam diferentes estratégias de intervenção para seu aprimoramento e que (2) problemas de equilíbrio e/ou de funcionalidade em idosos podem estar associados com comprometimentos da TDF e do PT da musculatura proximal, os quais são parâmetros passíveis de intervenção. / Previous studies have investigated causes and risk factors for falls and functional disability in the elderly. However, regarding biomechanical factors involved in the functional performance and postural control, the contribution of the proximal muscle groups of the hip and trunk still receives little attention. The objective of this study was to assess the association between muscle function of hip abductors and adductors and trunk flexors and extensors muscles with the performance of static and dynamic balance and functionality of community-dwelling older adults. Methods: eighty-one elderly of both sexes underwent assessment of balance and functionality through: (1) tandem gait test on the Balance Master force platform (Neurocom International Inc., Clackamas, OR) to obtain the variable tandem gait speed and body sway velocity in the end of tandem gait; and (2) clinical tests of single-leg stance and Timed Up and Go (TUG). The participants also underwent assessment of muscle function in isokinetic dynamometer (Biodex System 4 Pro, New York, USA) through 3 maximal isometric contractions of abduction and adduction of the hip and flexion and extension of the trunk to obtain the variables peak torque (PT) and rate of force development (RFD) in proportion to body weight. The Shapiro-Wilk normality test was performed and then, Pearson correlation test (data with normal distribution) and Spearman (data with non-normal distribution) were applied. Linear regression test was applied to quantify the determination index (r2) of muscle function of the hip and trunk in balance and functionality of the elderly for those variables with significant correlation coefficient. It was adopted a significance level of 5% (p < 0.05). Results: there was correlation with a significant determination index of PT of muscle groups of the hip and trunk in the performance of balance and functionality tests. Regarding the RFD, it was found correlation with significant determination index of RFD of the hip abduction and trunk extension in the body sway velocity in the end of tandem gait and TUG; and of RFD of the trunk extension in single-leg stance. Conclusions: These findings may be clinically relevant considering that (1) different parameters of muscle function (such as PT and RDF) have different intervention strategies for their improvement and (2) problems of balance and / or functionality in the elderly may be 12 associated with impairments of RFD and PT of proximal muscles, which are parameters that can be treated.

Este trabalho se situa na fronteira entre os estudos culturais e os estudos lingüísticos. Ele tem como objetivo observar possíveis diferenças em termos de organização de gênero e escolhas lexicais entre os anúncios pessoais feitos por gays e heterossexuais do sexo masculino. O corpus de análise consiste de quarenta anúncios retirados de dois sites de encontros da Internet, sendo que vinte são originariamente escritos por gays e os outros vinte por heterossexuais do sexo masculino. A base desta pesquisa se encontra nos trabalhos de Swales (1990) e Bhatia (1993) sobre a descrição de gêneros e no trabalho de Hoey (1997) sobre narrativas eróticas. Deste último retiramos alguns conceitos sobre a auto-descrição e a descrição do objeto de desejo. Inicialmente, os anúncios eletrônicos pessoais são comparados com anúncios pessoais impressos (cf. Shalom 1997), na tentativa de verificar como os anúncios impressos podem ter se adaptado ao meio digital. Num segundo momento, a análise se concentra na aplicação do sistema de Avaliação (ou Appraisal) de Martin e White (2005) a fim de caracterizarmos como os gays e heterossexuais do sexo masculino avaliam a si próprios e a seus objetos de desejo. A dissertação sugere que há diferenças relacionadas ao posicionamento atitudinal dos gays e heterossexuais, especialmente em relação à utilização de Afeto. Observam-se diferenças também não previstas por nossas perguntas de pesquisa, que não podem ser atribuídas nem às organizações diferentes dos sites, nem às escolhas lexicais dos anunciantes, mas sim aos tipos de sites e audiências escolhidos pelos anunciantes / The present work lies on the borderline of cultural and linguistic studies. It aims at examining whether there are differences concerning genre organization and lexical choices in ads filled in by gay and heterosexual males. The corpus consists of forty ads from two dating sites on the internet: twenty are originally written by gay males and the other twenty are written by heterosexual males. This research draws on works such as Swales (1990) and Bhatias (1993) on genre description and on Hoeys (1997) on erotic narratives. From the latter we have borrowed a few key concepts to help us analyze self and other description. At an early stage, the internet ads are compared to printed ads (cf. Shalom 1997) in an attempt to check how these ads should have adapted to the digital medium. Afterwards, we resort to Martin and Whites (2005) Appraisal system so as to characterize how gays and heterosexuals see themselves and their desired others. The dissertation suggests that there are differences related to the attitudinal positioning of gays and heterosexuals, particularly in the use of Affect. There are also findings unforeseen at the beginning of the research. In other words, these differences do not come down either to the variation in the organization of the sites, or to the lexical choices of the advertisers, but rather to the kind of site chosen by the advertisers