2023-03-032023-03-032020FREITAS, Luiz Alexandre de Oliveira; SILVA, Leosmar Aparecido da. Um estudo cognitivo sobre a categoria mentira e sua realização por meio de fake news relativas ao novo coronavírus. Estudos Linguísticos e Literários, Salvador, n. 69, p. 178-203, 2020. DOI: 10.9771/ell.v0i69.44295. Edição especial. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/estudos/article/view/44295. Acesso em: 27 fev. 2023.e- 2176-4794http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/22035This article aims to analyze fake news deemedby Brazilian journalistic agencies. The theoretical perspective is Cognitive Linguistics. We selected two fake news, deemed false by Agência Lupa and Uol Confere. These fake news were analyzed considering the notions of prototypicality, frames, Gestalt and compression. The results revealed that fake news, understood as verbal manifestations that simulate the journalistic structure, inserted in a context of polarized ideological clash, tend to present marks of emotion and informality, aswell as factual falsehood regarding the disclosed content, with the purpose of deceiving the interlocutor. Works of this nature contribute to focus on a theme experienced by Brazil on a polarized political, social and sanitary context.porAcesso Abertohttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/MentiraFake newsNovo coronavírusCogniçãoLieNew coronavirusCognitionArtigohttps://doi.org/10.9771/ell.v0i69.44295