Emerging Linguistic Functions in Early Infancy

This paper presents results from experimental studies on early language acquisition in infants and attempts to interpret the experimental results within the framework of the Ecological Theory of Language Acquisition (ETLA) recently proposed by (Lacerda et al., 2004a). From this perspective, the infant’s first steps in the acquisition of the ambient language are seen as a consequence of the infant’s general capacity to represent sensory input and the infant’s interaction with other actors in its immediate ecological environment. On the basis of available experimental evidence, it will be argued that ETLA offers a productive alternative to traditional descriptive views of the language acquisition process by presenting an operative model of how early linguistic function may emerge through interaction

Integration of audio-visual information in 8-months-old infants

The results from a series of perception experiments designed to test 8-month-old infants’ ability to derive linguistic information from audio-visual events are reported in this presentation. Using a visual preference technique, groups of 8-month-old infants were tested on their ability to extract linguistic information implicit in short video sequences where the images displayed different puppets and the audio tracks presented sentences describing the puppets in naturalistic infant-directed speech style. To assess the relative importance of memory and attention factors, the prosodic and syntactic structure of the speech materials was systematically changed across different groups of subjects. The experimental results are interpreted in terms of the emergentistic acquisition model discussed in the paper presented by Lacerda et al. (“Ecological theory of language acquisition”)

Ecological Theory of Language Acquisition

This poster outlines an Ecological Theory of Language Acquisition (ETLA). The theory views the early phases of the language acquisition process as an emergent consequence of the interaction between the infant and its linguistic environment. The newborn infant is considered to be linguistically and phonetically naïve but endowed with the ability to register a wide range of multi-sensory inputs along with the ability to detect similarity between the multi-sensory stimuli it is exposed to. The initial steps of the language acquisition process are explained as unintended and inevitable consequences of the infant’s multisensory interaction with the adult. The theoretical model deriving from ETLA is tested using the experimental data presented in the two additional contributions from our research team (Gustavsson et al, “Integration of audiovisual information in 8-months-old infants”; Lacerda, Marklund et al. “On the linguistic implications of context-bound adult-infant interactions”). The generality of the ETLA’s concept is likely to be of significance for a wide range of scientific areas, like robotics, where a central issue concerns addressing general problems of how organisms or systems might develop the ability to tap on the structure of the information embedded in their operating environments

On the linguistic implications of context-bound adult-infant interactions

This poster presents a study of the linguistic information potentially available in adult speech directed to 3-month-old infants. The repetitive nature of the speech directed to young infants and the ecological context of the adult-infant natural interaction setting are analyzed in the light of the “Ecological theory of language acquisition” proposed by Lacerda et al. (2004, this volume). The analysis of transcripts of adult-infant interaction sessions suggests that enough information to derive general noun associations may be available as a consequence of the particular context of the adult-infant interactions during the early stages of the language acquisition process

Immediate and long-term microshear bond strength of resin-based cements to core build-up materials

To evaluate the microshear bond strength (?-SBS) between resin-based cements and core build-up materials after water storage. Material and Methods: Cylinders (1x1 mm) of conventional dual-cure resin cement (RelyX ARC, 3M ESPE), universal du

Aspectos da dramaturgia moderna e suas implicações no ensino-aprendizagem de artes cênicas

Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (graduação)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Artes, Departamento de Artes Cênicas, 2019.Esta monografia propõe uma reflexão sobre tópicos da dramaturgia moderna e suas implicações no ensino-aprendizagem das artes cênicas. Primeiramente, analisaremos a relação entre o texto teatral e o ensino das artes e o problema ainda persistente da polivalência dentro deste componente curricular – e algumas possibilidades de superação. Posteriormente, através de uma breve apresentação das obras Ubu Rei, de Alfred Jarry (2007), O homem e o cavalo, de Oswald de Andrade (1973) e Dorotéia, de Nelson Rodrigues (2017), cada uma destas obras representando uma vanguarda artística do século XX, discutiremos sobre o trabalho com a dramaturgia moderna em sala de aula, no Ensino Médio.This monograph proposes a reflection about topics of modern dramaturgy and its implications on the performing art’s teaching and learning. Firstly, we’ll analyses the relation between the theatrical text and the teaching of arts and the persistent problem of the multifunctionality on this curricular component – and some possibilities of overcoming. On the second part, throught a brief analyses of Alfred Jarry’s Ubu the king (2007), Oswald de Andrade’s The man and the horse (1973) and Nelson Rodrigue’s Doroteia (2017), each of this plays representing an avant-garde of modernism movement, we’ll discuss the work with modern dramaturgy in the context of the classroom

ÀS MARGENS DO TRANSCENDENTAL: O RIO MÍTICO E SUAS BIFURCAÇÕES NOS CONTOS DE FLANNERY O'CONNOR E GUIMARÃES ROSA

In this article it is intended to understand the archetype of the river, its mythical meaning in Western culture and its updating in literary works, in a comparative study of the short stories The river (1955) by Flannery O'Connor and The third river bank (1962) by Guimarães Rosa. The studies of Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism (1970) on archetypes and their manifestations in literary works will serve as a theoretical basis in this analysis.Neste artigo pretende-se compreender o arquétipo do rio, seu significado mítico na cultura ocidental e sua atualização nas obras literárias através de um estudo comparado dos contos The river (1955) de Flannery O'Connor e A terceira margem do rio (1962) de Guimarães Rosa. Os estudos de Northrop Frye em Anatomia da Crítica (1970), em especial sobre os arquétipos e suas manifestações na literatura, servirão como base teórica nesta análise