Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: FRANCISCO FELIPE DE OLIVEIRA ROCHA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : FRANCISCO FELIPE DE OLIVEIRA ROCHA
DATA : 05/10/2023
HORA: 14:30
LOCAL: Webconferência
TÍTULO:

Referential networks and argumentation in signed opinion columns

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Textual Linguistics. Reference networks. Argumentation. Signed opinion columns. Journalism.

PÁGINAS: 70
GRANDE ÁREA: Linguística, Letras e Artes
ÁREA: Linguística
RESUMO:

This work aims to analyze the construction of referential networks and their relationship with argumentation in signed opinion columns. More specifically, we intend to: describe the (re)construction of referents in the analyzed columns; examine the types of relationships that the (re)constructed referents maintain among themselves in the formation of the referential networks highlighted in the columns; relate the formation of referential networks with the arguments developed in the columns; consider the impact of signed opinion column regulations on the construction of referential networks and their relationship with the arguments developed in the texts. To this end, we adhere to the theoretical framework of Textual Linguistics, emphasizing the interface between it and the Theory of Argumentation in Discourse (AMOSSY, 2018), whose basic principle is that argumentation is a constitutive dimension of discourse. To position ourselves in this dialogue, we follow the path outlined by Macedo (2018) and Cavalcante et al. (2020), authors who have demonstrated how this theoretical contact can be established. The textualization strategy that we propose to investigate is referencing and, for this, we follow the basic foundations established by Mondada and Dubois (2003), we unfold them pointed out by Custódio Filho (2011) and the notion of referential networks, coined and developed by Matos (2018). The research corpus consists of six signed opinion columns, all collected from the newspaper Folha de São Paulo. The signed opinion column, which we approach based on Alves Filho (2005), is a characteristically opinionated journalistic genre through which journalists express their positions on events relevant to society.

From a methodological point of view, we highlight the use of the deductive method, since we start from the general (TL theoretical framework) to the particular (the columns that make up the corpus), and a qualitative approach, focused on describing, explaining and interpreting the relationship between referential networks and argumentation in the analyzed data. The results of this work demonstrate that the referents are (re)constructed in the complete textual dynamics of the analyzed signed opinion columns, considering, for this purpose: referential expressions, predications, adjectives, cognitive aspects (in particular, inferences), contextual data and – we want to emphasize – the multiple relationships that the referents maintain among themselves, in order to form the referential networks that make up the text. As for the argument, it was found that referential networks are built in the columns always in an attempt to influence readers, that is, in an attempt to make them adhere to the positions defended by the columnist. Consideration of the regulations of the signed opinion column genre proved to be fundamental in examining the relationship between referential networks and argumentation: as this genre is opinionated in nature, the columnist has the freedom to reconfigure the referents in order to cover them with explicitly evaluative features. . From all this, it can be concluded that the notion of referential networks is a fundamental advance in referencing research, as it allows the (re)elaboration of referents to be approached in an increasingly complex and sophisticated way. Furthermore, the productivity of the dialogue between Textual Linguistics and the Theory of Argumentation in Discourse was confirmed.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Presidente - 3354 - LIDIANE DE MORAIS DIOGENES BEZERRA
Interna - 3336 - MARIA ELIETE DE QUEIROZ
Externo à Instituição - LUCÉLIO DANTAS DE AQUINO - UFRN