The construction of meaning in the computer or the computer at all: what is it?

Authors

  • Rafael Hofmeister de Aguiar Unisinos
  • Dinorá Moraes de Fraga Unisinos

Keywords:

Keywords, esthesia, text, digital environment.

Abstract

Abstract : This paper proposes to conduct a theoretical construct about the formation of meaning in texts in digital environments. In this way, it proposes the initial reflection presenting the esthesic involvement of the subject as the constitutor element of meaning in the digital environment. Another aspect that is presented as an initial hypothesis of sense in this context is the element paratextual. For an initial questioning, it started from a theoretical basis (Flusser, Johnson, Genette). The analysis of cases allowed realizing that the esthesic involvement of the subject with the text occurs differently in the digital print environment. Another factor in the construction of meaning in the digital environment is the location of the elements paratextuals from the linguistic point of the printed text and digital text. If in that they are viewed as accessories, they pass these to be constituted as textual elements. Finally, it attempts to indicate a path to think the computer to beyond the instrumental view of the tool.

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Author Biographies

Rafael Hofmeister de Aguiar, Unisinos

Formando em Letras e bolsista voluntário no Laboratório de Linguagem e Tecnologia para o Ensino e Aprendizagem de Línguas - LLITEC-EAL/ Unisinos

Dinorá Moraes de Fraga, Unisinos

Filosofia na rede pública estadual do Rio Grande do Sul.  Doutora em Lingüística e Semiótica, Professora da Graduação em Letras e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Lingüística Aplicada da Unisinos e Coordenadora do Laboratório em Linguagem e Tecnologia para o Ensino e Aprendizagem de Línguas – LLITEC-EAL/ Unisinos.

Published

2011-01-26

How to Cite

Hofmeister de Aguiar, R., & Moraes de Fraga, D. (2011). The construction of meaning in the computer or the computer at all: what is it?. Letrônica, 3(2), 167–198. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/letronica/article/view/7465

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