Abstract

MOURA, Ellen Michelle Barbosa de  and  PAULA, Fraulein Vidigal de. Postgraduate studies and the studies of the relationship between metalinguistic skills and written language. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2013, vol.13, n.2, pp.480-499. ISSN 1808-4281.

The postgraduate education in the country has a key role in training researchers and the generation of new knowledge and research on the theme metalinguistic and literacy. In this sense, the purpose of this paper was to map the Brazilian academic production on metalinguistic development and written language in the period 2005 to 2010, in dissertations and theses. For this survey, we consulted the CAPES thesis database, as a primary source. The results were organized according to the level of postgraduate studies, concentration area, state, university, key terms, features and number of subjects investigated, the research design and years of defense. It was found that the annual production doubled in this period, totaling 187 studies produced in these five years. However, the quantitative increase was not matched in equal measure by diversifying the type of design, age of the subjects investigated and metalinguistic skills. The results are discussed in terms of advances, limitations and trends for further studies.

Keywords : written; Literacy; Metalanguage; Review.

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