Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2017 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
Ramos, Lucilene Ongaratto
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| Orientador(a): |
Buchweitz, Augusto
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| Banca de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição |
| Tipo de documento: |
Dissertação
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras
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| Departamento: |
Escola de Humanidades
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| País: |
Brasil
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| Palavras-chave em Português: |
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| Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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| Link de acesso: |
http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/7785
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Resumo: |
Sign languages are natural languages made up of the same linguistic properties of oral languages; they operate using visuospatial means for communication. The Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) is the language used by the hearing impaired and deaf in Brazil. Libras has a rich and complex structure, with all the linguistic elements found in Brazilian Portuguese. Research on lexical decision and semantic association in Libras are recent, and there are no data published on these issues as related to Libras. Therefore, the goal of the present study was to investigate pairs of semantic association in Libras and their strength of association from the point of view of independent variables related to Libras and to users of Libras. The present study was carried out at an association for deaf people and included 41 deaf participants signers of Libras. Based on the overall goal, the specific goals were to investigate the semantic association strength of word pairs using a list of words in Libras. Participants were asked to sign the first word that came to their minds after seeing a target sign in Libras. We also investigated iconicity and strength of association of the semantic pairs in relation to age of acquisition and schooling of deaf signers. We also investigated the pairs of words produced in comparison to those produced in Brazilian Portuguese based on a study by Holderbaum et al. (2015). The results show that 60.98% of word pairs in Libras with strong semantic association. The results also show that the iconic signs generated 12 semantically strong associations. In terms of age of acquisition and schooling, there were no significant differences in the strengths of semantic association. There were, however, differences in relation to the word list generated in Brazilian Portuguese. We suggest that cultural and visuospatial factors are associated with the mental lexicon of deaf individuals and play a role in their lexical choices. |
