Multimodal metaphors on the social security reform in brazil: a semantic-cognitive analysis in the cartoon genre

This article aims to describe and analyze multimodal metaphors activated by pictorial representations allied to the linguistic manifestation present in cartoons which deal with the social security reform in Brazil. In order to reach the established objective, our article is based on the Theory of Mu...

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Autores: Andrade, Luiz Henrique Santos, Silva, Marcos Antônio da
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC)
Repositorio:Signo (Santa Cruz do Sul. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.online.unisc.br:article/12676
Acceso en línea:https://seer.unisc.br/index.php/signo/article/view/12676
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Metáfora Multimodal. Reforma da Previdência. Gênero Charge.
Multimodal Metaphor. Social Security Reform. Cartoon Genre.
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Sumario:This article aims to describe and analyze multimodal metaphors activated by pictorial representations allied to the linguistic manifestation present in cartoons which deal with the social security reform in Brazil. In order to reach the established objective, our article is based on the Theory of Multimodal Metaphors, according to the studies of Forceville (2009), Forceville and Urios-Aparisi (2009) and Sperandio (2014). We also draw on the studies on the Metaphorical System of Morality, according to Lakoff and Johnson (1999) and Lakoff (2016 [1996]). The corpus consists of six cartoons that were collected in the months of September, October, November and December of 2017 in two specialized sites, namely: Online Charge and Political Humor. Throughout this research, we conclude that the cartoon producers categorize social security reform either as trade/negotiation, or as assault, or as dirt. It was verified that multimodal metaphors corroborate with the criticisms made by the cartoon producers, and have also the semantic-discursive function of reporting/criticizing situations or public people of our daily routine.