Segmentation ambiguity

cases in which the spoken chain ​​enables segmentations of alternative meanings

Abstract

This research is part of the PPGLe/UEMASUL Research Line on Language, Memory and Teaching and its general objective is to identify cases in which segmentation ambiguity occurs. In addition, among the specific objectives: to analyze the meaning and alternative meanings present, specifically in the semantic phenomenon of segmentation ambiguity, in comic strips, cartoons and memes, and also its relationship with the BNCC (Brazil, 2018). To this end, the corpus consists of comic strips, cartoons and memes shared on various digital media. Thus, the aspect of analysis is the ambiguity of segmentation. To this end, the methodological procedures adopted are qualitative, descriptive and aimed at a specialized audience in the field of Literature and Education. The theoretical foundations are based mainly on Ilari (2001), Ferrarezi Junior (2008), Abrahão (2018), among others. The results show that comic strips, cartoons and memes are tools for constructing meaning, and are important pedagogical tools for reflecting on the ambiguity of segmentation, helping to deepen semantic studies and understanding of oral and written language in the teaching-learning process. It was also found that it is possible to identify cases in which the spoken string can be segmented into alternative meanings, causing ambiguity. It was shown that ambiguity is a semantic phenomenon that stimulates reasoning, readers' perceptiveness and interpretation of the world. Teaching this semantic aspect in the classroom is aimed at broadening linguistic knowledge, with a view to learning the mother tongue and developing students' communicative competence.