The Symbology of Nicknames in the School Everyday Life

This paper discusses the relevance of ways of looking at, questioning and shedding light on what assumes the everyday life as a methodological lever of the knowledge of school reality. With this goal, it is explored the symbology of nicknames in different school contexts of Portugal and Brazil and t...

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Main Author: José Machado Pais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2018-09-01
Series:Educação & Realidade
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Online Access:http://ref.scielo.org/v78qb7
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description This paper discusses the relevance of ways of looking at, questioning and shedding light on what assumes the everyday life as a methodological lever of the knowledge of school reality. With this goal, it is explored the symbology of nicknames in different school contexts of Portugal and Brazil and the social circumstances which contribute to their production and circulation. It is necessary to see how names spin out meanings in the informal everyday language. The proposed methodology takes the words of everyday chatting as vehicles for understanding the underlying social relationships.
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spelling doaj.art-da1c4fda78474ac685adf32af726b7982022-12-21T16:35:11ZengUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulEducação & Realidade0100-31432175-62362018-09-0143390992810.1590/2175-623674801The Symbology of Nicknames in the School Everyday LifeJosé Machado Pais0Universidade de Lisboa (ULISBOA), Lisbon - PortugalThis paper discusses the relevance of ways of looking at, questioning and shedding light on what assumes the everyday life as a methodological lever of the knowledge of school reality. With this goal, it is explored the symbology of nicknames in different school contexts of Portugal and Brazil and the social circumstances which contribute to their production and circulation. It is necessary to see how names spin out meanings in the informal everyday language. The proposed methodology takes the words of everyday chatting as vehicles for understanding the underlying social relationships.http://ref.scielo.org/v78qb7Everyday Life; Language; Nicknames; Representations; Body
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The Symbology of Nicknames in the School Everyday Life
Educação & Realidade
Everyday Life; Language; Nicknames; Representations; Body
title The Symbology of Nicknames in the School Everyday Life
title_full The Symbology of Nicknames in the School Everyday Life
title_fullStr The Symbology of Nicknames in the School Everyday Life
title_full_unstemmed The Symbology of Nicknames in the School Everyday Life
title_short The Symbology of Nicknames in the School Everyday Life
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topic Everyday Life; Language; Nicknames; Representations; Body
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