Características semânticas de mentiras no Português Brasileiro: uma análise gradual
Abstract
The aim of this research is to analyze the semantic components of the concept of
lying in contemporary Brazilian Portuguese (BP), and to defend a definition of this
concept based on the idea of prototypes. To this end, we applied the questionnaire on
the semantic features that make up lies proposed by Coleman & Kay (1981) to
speakers of BP. The anonymous response to this questionnaire, whose subjects are
adult native speakers of BP, will lead to a characterization of the prototype of lying in
BP. Once we have this characterization, we compare the data obtained by applying this
questionnaire to English speakers, looking for intercultural differences in lying, as well
as analysing the implications of the results obtained for BP with philosophical
descriptions of lying, which, in general, do not take empirical data for their discussion.
Thus, this research contributes not only to the description of the concept of lying in BP,
but also to the beginning of a translinguistic evaluation of this concept and its
implications in the philosophical debate. Finally, we would like to highlight the originality
of this research, given that there is practically no work on the subject in BP linguistics.
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