| dc.description.abstract | This doctoral thesis has as its research object the specialized audio descriptions of still
images (ADE) produced for a blind student of the Bachelor's Degree in Information
Systems, at the Federal University of São Carlos (BSI-UFSCar), offered in the distance
modality. For the development of the research, we followed two hypotheses. The first is
that the ADE, in educational contexts, activates four semantic Categories – under
subjective principles inherent to the audio description and in varying degrees and
occurrences – namely, Structural, Directional, Terminological and Lexical. The second
is related to the fact that the most representative linguistic signs of these four
Categories have a high frequency in the corpus. In this sense, our objective was to
build the ADE Linguistic Corpus, according to the methodological assumptions of
Corpus Linguistics, and to analyze it in the lights of the Bakhtinian Theory of Language
and the Communicative Theory of Terminology (TCT), seeking to identify the four
Semantic Categories in question and to classify them according to the conceptual traits
concerning their use. As for the justification, we can find support in the originality of the
research, that is, in the fact that no works that deal with the theme have been found in
the queries we made in the following databases: Eric (Institute of Education Sciences);
Scopus; Google Scholar; Capes Theses and Dissertations Catalog; SciELO (The
Scientific Electronic Library Online). In addition to this research, we surveyed 18
definitions of audio description, and only in 4 of them did we find some kind of
reference to the educational context, none of which had an emphasis on such context.
In methodological terms, we first chose the most appropriate linguistic corpus
construction methodology, followed by the choice of the corpus analysis linguistic tool.
With the ADE Linguistic Corpus built for manipulation, we defined the theoretical basis,
essentially divided into the theories of the Bakhtinian circle and the TCT. Next, we
proposed a selection of linguistic signs for analysis, based on the frequency of use.
Finally, we analyzed the selection of linguistic signs from the ADE Linguistic Corpus,
extracting a series of data about each Category, which led to the conclusion that the
Categories can be considered universal because they are intrinsic characteristics of
the images themselves and of the discursive role they perform within areas of
expertise. Describing them, however, is another matter, related to the enunciative
place of the audio describer. And to become an enunciator of this genre of discourse
called ADE, whether in a context of face-to-face or distance higher education, of AEE,
or in an editorial context (in the production of accessible resources), the audio
describer must take into account seven discursive elements, extracted from the
analyses of the four Categories, which are: the Terminological Facet of the image, the
Pedagogical Intentions, the Recipient, the Theoretical Affiliation, the Prototypicality of
the Structure, the Structural Directionality and the Style. It is understood, therefore, that
we should move away from a systematization of the audio description practice,
because new contours are demanded in each context, as well as other voices, and
certain language activations to the detriment of others. | |
