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TEXT IV Understanding stereotypes Stanford linguists and psychologists study how language is interpreted by people. Even the slightest differences in language use can correspond wi

Semântica e Significado de Vocábulos (Semantics)

FGV · 2024

TEXT IV

 

Understanding stereotypes

 

Stanford linguists and psychologists study how language is interpreted by people. Even the slightest differences in language use can correspond with biased beliefs of the speakers, according to research.

 

One study showed that a relatively harmless sentence, such as “girls are as good as boys at math,” can subtly perpetuate sexist stereotypes. Because of the statement’s grammatical structure, it implies that being good at math is more common or natural for boys than girls, the researchers said.

 

Language can play a big role in how we and others perceive the world, and linguists work to discover what words and phrases can influence us, unknowingly.

 

Source: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2019/08/the-power-of-language-how- words-shape-people-culture

 

The adjective in “the slightest differences” can be replaced without significant change of meaning by

  1. minutest.
  2. greatest.
  3. clumsiest.
  4. most dramatic.
  5. most important.
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Minutest é o superlativo do adjetivo minute, que significa extremamente pequeno ou minúsculo.

No contexto da frase "Even the slightest differences in language use...", substituir por minutest mantém o sentido de diferenças muito pequenas ou sutis.

A escolha é adequada semanticamente porque tanto slightest quanto minutest realçam o grau mínimo das diferenças, preservando a ideia de que mesmo variações quase imperceptíveis podem refletir vieses.

Gramaticalmente a substituição é correta: the minutest differences tem a mesma função sintática e naturalidade no inglês escrito.

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