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This paper describes a study of eight introductions of dissertations produced in different areas at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, using as theoretical support the model proposed by Swales (1990) and notions of metadiscourse proposed by Crismore (1989). The main purpose is to analyzes what are the strategies used by the author at the time of establishing the first contact with the reader.

The purpose of this text is, from the epistemology perspective of enunciative theory created by Emile Benveniste, discuss the notions of subjectivity and intersubjectivity and its manifestation in the situations described in Antes e Depois, of Moacyr Scliar.

In this article, we analyze the expression of deontic modalization in three copies of the genre quoted to show that the notions expressed by linguistic marks in question are not always presented in a prototypical way. To undertake such analysis, it will be adopted a conception of language as discourse originated from a practical postulated by Benveniste (2005), in Linguistics Pragmatic (KOCH, 2009; PINTO, 1994) which has as its object of study the effects generated by the relationship of intersubjectivity, in the Theory of Argumentation within Language by Ducrot (1987) and the notion of prototype (ROSCH, 1976). About the genre in question, we noted that some occurrences of deontic modalization do not appear in a prototypical way due to the enunciation, a unique and singular act of an utterance production and the knowledge that the announcer demonstrates having of what is moral. We note that, although it is a phenomenon canonically attached to the conduct and the moral values center lines, the knowledge that the announcer has about certain fact determines how the linguistic mark will "act" in the statement.

Historically, the border region Brazil/Uruguay was marked by strong conflicts between Portuguese and Spanish folks, who fought by the territory occupation. These conflicts divided territorially and culturally the two Iberian folks involved. From this dispute scenery, lived in XVIII and XIX centuries, this research gets outlines in terms of the presumed fellowship relation lived by the current people who live in Jaguarão/Rio Branco border. The study was done in Jaguarão, located in the south of Rio Grande do Sul, which has the border with Rio Branco town, in Uruguay. Due to the geographical and cultural closeness between these two border areas, this research examines the fellowship representation in the Jaguarense voice related to the Rio-branquense. The kind of this study, interdisciplinary form, is qualitative based and it was elaborated by depth interviews, with two male people. The interviews were done based on Gaskell and Bauer (2002) assumptions, and the material used in the investigation was reviewed by the identity studies and based on the Bakhtin perspective and his Circle, especially in the following areas, constituent of the language: linguistic multilingualism, responsive comprehension and value accent. Along with the theoretical support help, it was verified that the voices from the researched people engage in a dialogue with other voices, and the difference and integration interrelation constantly reconstruct their identities, support and enquire the fellowship discourse.

Presentation of the issue on Lusophone Literatures.

: In this paper, we propose a critical interpretation of the book Leite Derramado, by Chico Buarque. The objective is to analyze the memorial reconstruction and the anachronistic perception that Eulalio - the central character of the narrative - has on its economic situation and on the history of his family. We realize that the social and historical changes - suffered by Brazil between 1907 and 2007 - do not alter the hereditarily delayed and centenary look of the narrator. Thus, he remains oblivious to social changes and does not understand the relationship they retain with its financial decline. Therefore, we seek to highlight the roots of this inaccurate perception and the consequences of the incompatibility between it and the social-historical reality of contemporary Brazil.

This paper brings back an old discussion in studies on L2 acquisition, about how the interaction between explicit and implicit knowledge of a learner happens. The main hypotheses on how these L2 types of knowledge interact are presented and we make an attempt to bring the contribution of neurolinguistics to the discussion. Neuroimaging shows that the brain has a certain specialization to different types of memories. However, theoretical models demonstrate that these memories interact and practice may automatize knowledge.

Review of the “Sociology of the Reading” by Chantal Horellou-Lafarge and Monique Segré.

Nowadays, there is a growing need and importance for learning another language. Along with this consensus, it is believed that the younger you learn a foreign language (L2), the better your performance will be.It is the case because the age at which learning begins (age of acquisition) has been considered a determining factor for the success of learning, and thus the subject-learner can achieve proficiency levels similar to those achieved by native speakers. In this paper we propose to examine this issue, since it has promoted a lot of discussion. We present some studies that compare the syntactic processing of a foreign language to a native language’s one. These studies illustrate that we should consider psychological and social factors, once they affect the processing of language. Our aim is to emphasize that the performance of individuals in a foreign language is affected by a number of different factors and not only by biological and maturational issues.

This essay intends an interpretative reading of dramas experienced by the character Samara Delia, of the Milton Hatoum novel, Relato de um certo Oriente. Considering the spatial and temporal disjunction established between Samara and his family, the analysis priorizes, ultimately, the value of expressiveness of the silence in that separation. For this purpose, are detached the character's connections with space and with the injunctions which it is submitted.

This article will provide a theoretical reflection from the concepts of bilingualism, interference, interlanguage and change of codes. This theoretical approach is highly relevant to understanding the process of acquisition of second languages, in both formal, and informal. Regarding the languages in contact, the different contexts in which Brazilian Portuguese maintains contact with other languages will be cited, however, the discussion will be central in the case of contact of Portuguese with Spanish. It will discuss the issue of stigmatization of some linguistic varieties and ideological preconception instilled in this context.

This article develop an epistemologic outlining about the articulation of the communicative action theory in front the perspectives from a cybernetic State that grows in the XX century first half. The communicative action theory problematizes the notion of subject and contradict cybernetic models to propose a reading that is in the same time rational and articulate with social demands. In this way the critic to scientificity from state models contain too a critic to the mind models inaugurated by the psychology, whose Habermas argue like instrumentals. Then, understands like first element of contact with the communicative action a orderer in the social relations’ ethic, what possibility a good performance for social politics more egalitarians.

The post-modern society watching a deepening of the discourse of a healthy diet, which produces, as it circulates in the social environment, meaning effects whose relevance, not infrequently, by anchoring itself in a scientific discourse, conceived as historically true, presents is undeniable, diffusing power. The subjects, immersed in this discursive network, in which rises the concern about the eating habits is a key aspect to life, they are instructed to adopt new lifestyles. In this context, covering the identity as a construct pervaded by power relations, startles to the genre media propaganda, since this device is presented as a disseminator, based on socially constructed paradigms, of discourses, of subjectivities. For the analysis of some advertisements for healthy foods, it was understood that these promote the discursive construction of a "healthy subject" involving, on the power relations underlying a syncretism iconic-language, the idea of a balanced diet with food flavors, the health and beauty body.

The act of reading requires a complex cognitive processing – especially when it comes to reading in a second language (L2) –, because there are many factors that impact on the proficiency in this skill. In this paper we discuss three relevant factors: type of instruction, frequency of exposure to L2 texts, and the influence of the reading skill in first language (L1). These factors contribute to the teaching of L2 reading, since they give support to the teaching practice, especially in an environment of non immersion such as English learning in Brazil. We use neuroimaging data to support our discussion.

The aim of this study is to identify the main actions taken by elderly people to contribute for the enhancement of brain plasticity in these individuals, focusing on bilingualism and on the process of learning an additional language. In order to do that, we have researched about the development of brain plasticity in the elderly, focusing on the learning of a second language at this age. In addition, we have carried out a field research, where we applied a questionnaire to five subjects asking them about activities that they do that may contribute to their cognitive preservation. Data analysis has shown that, although there is not an evident concern about memory preservation for the majority of the participants of this study, the elderly have carried out activities that, in some way, contribute to memory preservation, such as the practice of reading and physical exercises

The present work is a qualitative analysis of data collected during the application of morphological awareness tests, under the light of the Representational Redescription model (KARMILOFF-SMITH, 1986, 1992). These data are from Lorandi (2011). In the present work, we suggest an individual analysis of the responses, not a group analysis as in Lorandi (2011), trying to take into account the developmental trajectory of these participants in relation to their morphological knowledge, or, more specifically, to their skills on derivation, extraction of the base and inflection of nonce words, as well as their judgment on the acceptability of these nonce words, followed by an explanation of their knowledge about real morphemes, which were organized in morphological variant forms that were used by children in the process of morphological acquisition (LORANDI, 2007). We have randomly chosen two participants of each grade – from the 1st to the 4th –, all of them students of a regular school, whose data were analyzed to the purposes of this work. The results show that development is not age-related, a conclusion that is corroborated by the Representational Redescription model, and the results also show that other factors may interfere on the linguistic knowledge development and in its mental representation. These factors will be investigated in our current research. In our considerations about the results, we stress the relevance of a model that is capable of transcending the implicit-explicit dichotomy, as the RR model does, since it is efficient on the explanation of data provided by children.

The aim of this paper is to present the characteristics of text comprehension in written and oral form and the impact of each modality in comprehension in L2. This literature review addresses the reader / listener as an active individual who interacts with the text with their linguistic and extralinguistic knowledge. The understanding of the written texts is benefited from the possibility to review the text, unlike what occurs in text comprehension in the oral mode, since the text is volatile. Although there are differences in decoding oral and written texts, evidence suggests that the level of comprehension of the input mode is not as crucial as the language proficiency.

How does our brain represent and organize words? Researchers believe in the existence of something like a word inventory in the brain, which they call mental lexicon. This structure is the center of most cognitive models of speech, listening, writing and reading, through which one can have access to word forms and meanings. This paper aims to provide a general view of what the mental lexicon is. Primarily, the concept of lexicon and how this denomination was born are presented. Similarities and differences between a conventional dictionary and the mental lexicon are discussed. Questions such as how many words people know and how research evaluates this number are addressed. Then, different models on lexical organization are presented, approaching the connectivity relations between lexical items.

This essay examines the novel Minha mãe morrendo e O menino mentido, by Valêncio Xavier (2001). The narrative strategy employed by Xavier, plotting word and image in the preparation of your text, discusses the possibilities of apprehending reality by verbal and graphic aesthetic codes, the same way that puts himself under suspicion status text of literary fiction as a means of recovery time and memory. The concepts of fictionality (inherent characteristic of verbal language) and a-fictionality (inherent in the photographic image) proposed by Roland Barthes (2006) constitute themselves as theoretical support in order to understand the intricate relationship engineered by Xavier in the fabric of a narrative that, while intended to retrieve imagery from a time past, this needs to invent a time that is not betrayed by memory.

The objective of this paper is to analyze the literary thoughts over the writer Altair Martins’ creating process through his statements in some interviews. Furthermore, it was possible to support in the concatenation of what the author said he has done what the manuscripts can demonstrate in the “A Parede no Escuro” novel’s constitution. Thus, it was also used authors that, in the same way, reflected on the process itself and wrote about their impressions and findings, helping in this analysis.