Duque, Paulo HenriqueSouza, Ewerton William Estevam de2022-07-042022-07-042022-01-31SOUZA, Ewerton William Estevam de. O processo cognitivo-discursivo da construção de sentidos metafóricos de medo em O cemitério à luz da linguística cognitiva. 2022. 129f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Estudos da Linguagem) - Centro de Ciências Humanas, Letras e Artes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2022.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/48328This Masters thesis aims to describe the cognitive-discursive construction process of metaphors of fear in the novel O cemitério (original title: Pet Sematary) by Stephen King. We examine how the author metaphorically builds the concept of fear through its descriptions and its psychological effects on characters. In order to have a thorough view on that subject, we work with the theories of conceptual metaphor and image schema (LAKOFF; JOHNSON, 1980), the concept of situated metaphor (VEREZA, 2013b), the concept of metonym (BARCELONA, 2003a, 2003b), the notion of frame (DUQUE, 2015; 2017) and online/offline frames (VEREZA, 2013a). These categories are taken from the theoretical framework of Embodied Cognitive Linguistics, from which we highlight the Theory of Embodied Mind and the Theory of Conceptual Metaphor. Both of these theories argue for the embodied aspect of the human cognition and the importance of metaphor for thought. The nature of the present research is interpretative, thus its objective of understanding how members of a given community shape their particular realities, beliefs and intentions. Regarding the methodological procedures, we employ the following tools to build and analyze data: identification of metaphors – bootstrapping (DUQUE, 2018b) and a model of frame representation through graphs (SOUZA; DUQUE, 2018). The results acquired during analysis allow us to understand more accurately how specific spots on the novel guided the construction of conceptual and situated projections. Moreover, we noted how the categories of analysis studied in this research contribute to the intertwining of the system level and the discourse level, and thereby we highlight the dynamicity involved in the emersion of meaning, an idea underexplored within the framework of Embodied Cognitive Linguistics. In that regard, our research is relevant because it contributes, at least on small scale, to the development of the cognitive study of metaphors.Acesso AbertoLinguística cognitiva de base corporificadaMetáforaEmoçãoMedoO cemitério - romancemasterThesis