Quando a matemática é uma má temática para o surdo

Abstract

When it comes to mathematical language, written in Portuguese, it is common to use symbols and formulas to represent mathematical concepts and operations. However, to produce a translation of this field of studies, with its formulas and symbols, into Brazilian Sign Language (Libras), it is important to remember two crucial points: sign language has its own structure, and there is not always an iconic math terms/signed math terms correspondence. Based on these premises, this work aims to demonstrate the relationship between the term in Libras and the concept, symbols and/or formulas expressed in the mathematical term, since our focus is the specialty language of mathematics and its equivalent in Libras. To do this, we will approach the term from the perspective of Temmerman (2000), that is, based on the Sociocognitive Theory of Terminology (TST), which proposes a terminological approach based on the “unit of knowledge”. For Krieger and Finatto (2018), terms translated into Libras will be treated according to their structure, which can be: simple, compound and/or even specialized phraseology. Our object of study are the terms in Libras, related to the conceptual field of Mathematics, from the content flagged and written in Portuguese of the Enem test notebook in written and flagged modalities. This work is derived from larger doctoral research in Literature, developed from Terminology in confluence with Cognitive Linguistics, which postulates that the term is placed within a specialized area, but can, at the same time, belong to the general language , with polysemic meanings (LAKOFF, 1980), (LAKOFF; NUÑES, 2000). The present study is based on a corpus to prove, or not, the hypothesis and the collected data, present in the documents analyzed, allow a certain plasticity in the analysis, as they can be changed as the corpus is compiled. As a result of ongoing research, the results are not conclusive, they are part of the description and analysis of mathematical terms for translation into Libras that seeks to understand, not only the mathematical concepts themselves, but also to have knowledge of the iconic structure of sign languages , in order to create an accurate and, naturally understandable translation for sign language users, which takes into account the bilingual aspect and the visuospatial way of acquiring knowledge characteristic of deaf people.