Semantic networks of oral discourses of members of mutual aid groups

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https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2017.177.14

Keywords:

Semantic filter, narcotics anonymous, cognition, semantic networks, incidence-fidelity

Abstract

In this paper we use the incidence-fidelity index (IF) to identify critical networks in the speech of people who are part of Narcotics Anonymous in the city of Salvador-Bahia. Language was studied from the perspective of complexity and was modelled through semantic networks. From the collected data, the individuals were classified as beginners, intermediate and experienced. For the speeches chosen, the results show that IF values for critical networks are in agreement with previous studies. These networks allow interpretations of discourse by network indices and visual inspection. Differences in networks reflect cognitive-behavioural differences between individuals.

 

Author Biographies

José Lamartine de Andrade Lima Neto, IFBA - Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia (Brazil)

Bachelor of Psychology;
Specialist in Mental Health with emphasis on Chemical Dependence, Family and Community;
Doctor in Knowledge Dissemination - DMMDC / UFBA.
Professor at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Bahia - IFBA.

Marcelo do Vale Cunha, SENAI CIMATEC-Programa de Modelagem Computacional (Brazil)

Graduated in Physics from the Federal University of Bahia (2009).
Master in Computational Modeling and Industrial Technology, Senai - BA (2013).
PhD student in Computational Modeling and Industrial Technology, Senai - BA.
He is currently an effective professor at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Bahia - IFBA since 2010.
He has experience in the field of Complex Systems, with an emphasis on computational models, working mainly on the following topics: Instrumentation in Physics, Social and Complex Networks, Semantic Networks; Variable Graphs in Time; Entropy in Complex Networks, Computational Study of Movement and Fractals.

Hernane Borges de Barros Pereira, SENAI CIMATEC-Programa de Modelagem Computacional (Brazil)

Hernane Borges de Barros Pereira completed his doctorate in Multimedia Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in 2002. He is currently Full Professor at the Department of Education at the State University of Bahia and Associate Professor at the SENAI ClMATEC. He lectures in the Graduate Program in Computational Modeling and Industrial Technology and, also, in the Graduate Program in Knowledge Diffusion. He serves as an ad-hoc consultant to the Brazilian Ministry of Education. Professor Pereira main interests in the fields of science, information technology and innovation lie in the areas of social and complex networks, diffusion of knowledge, software engineering and human computer interaction, through computer modeling techniques.

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Published

2018-01-21

How to Cite

Lima Neto, J. L. de A., Cunha, M. do V., & Pereira, H. B. de B. (2018). Semantic networks of oral discourses of members of mutual aid groups. Obra Digital, (14), 51–66. https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2017.177.14

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No. 14 (2018): Teoría de redes, Educación y Difusión del conocimiento

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Monographic

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