METÁFORAS BRASILEIRAS DA COVID-19: UMA ANÁLISE COGNITIVO-DISCURSIVA A PARTIR DOS MEMES

Authors

  • Bruno de Jesus Espírito Santo UNICAMP/Doutorando em Linguística

Keywords:

Linguística Cognitiva, Metafora, Memes, Covid-19

Abstract

Stimulated by the cognitive-discursive and sociocultural bias of contemporary studies in figuration, this paper sought to observe, in memes posted on social networks, how Brazilians apprehended, processed, conceptualized and exposed their understandings about the COVID-19 virus. Through the theoretical and methodological magnifying glass of Cognitive Semantics through Conceptual Metaphor Theory and its recent developments (LAKOFF; JOHNSON, 1980; SALOMÃO, 1999; KÖVECSES, 2005; VEREZA, 2007, 2010; SEMINO, 2008; SOARES DA SILVA & LEITE, 2015; SOUSA, 2016), as well as from some works that sought to point about the uniqueness of memes for the social interaction between individuals (ZOPPI-FONTANA, 2016; ALMEIDA; SANTOS, 2020; ALMEIDA; DOS SANTOS; SANTANA, 2021) this work will seek to reflect on both the role of metaphoricity in the linguistic and textual architecture of the selected corpus, and its importance so that the audience of memes can feel impacted by them, thus incorporating and developing various emotions, sensations, and subjectivities. This contribution will point to the character of figurative language as a true human heritage of expression and communication.   

Author Biography

  • Bruno de Jesus Espírito Santo, UNICAMP/Doutorando em Linguística

    Mestrando em Linguística pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas, pesquisa 'Metáforas de morte em obras clássicas do Espiritismo: O Livro dos Espíritos (1857) e Nosso Lar (1944)'. Graduado em Letras Vernáculas pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (2018). Fez intercâmbio científico-cultural na Universidade de Porto/Portugal através do Edital Participar 2016/UFBA. Possui interesse em pesquisas no campo da Linguística Cognitiva, Figuratividade, Metaforicidade, Estudos Socioculturais e Religiosidade.

Published

2023-10-24

Issue

Section

DOSSIÊ NAS TEIAS DA LINGUAGEM

How to Cite

METÁFORAS BRASILEIRAS DA COVID-19: UMA ANÁLISE COGNITIVO-DISCURSIVA A PARTIR DOS MEMES. (2023). Revista (Entre Parênteses), 12(1), 1-15. https://publicacoes.unifal-mg.edu.br/revistas/index.php/entreparenteses/article/view/2123

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