Transitivity and self/representation in a political debate
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https://doi.org/10.26512/les.v16i1.7525Keywords:
political discourse, systemic functional linguistics, transitivity, relational processesAbstract
Debates in political campaigns are common discursive practices in electoral processes that lend themselves to semiotic and linguistics analysis. By choosing the second option, we intend to demonstrate how representation is built by two Brazilian presidential candidates. The debate, broadcasted on national television by the Brazilian TV - Globo - was later transcribed and published on g1.globo.com site. For analysis, we used the theoretical frame of Systemic Functional Linguistics
(Halliday, 1994; Halliday; Matthiessen, 2004, 2014) regarding the transitivity system, especially processes and participants. The results point to different representations between the two candidates: while one is built, linguistically, as someone who has enough attributes to lead the nation, another is built as the candidate who believes in his ability to make changes.
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GOUVEIA, C. Texto e Gramática: uma introdução à linguística sistémico-funcional. Matraga, Rio de Janeiro, v. 16, n. 24, p.13-47, 2009.
HALLIDAY, M. A. K. An introduction to functional grammar. 2. ed. London: Routledge, 1994.
HALLIDAY, M. A. K.; MATTHIESSEN, C. M. I. M. Construing experience through meaning: a language-based approach to cognition. London and New York: Continuum, 1999.
___. An introduction to functional grammar. 3. ed. London: Hodder Education, 2004.
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HASAN, R. Part II. In: HALLIDAY, M. A. K.; HASAN, H. Language, context and text: aspects of a language in a social-semiotic perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
LIMA, L. R. Processos existenciais em reportagens de capa da revista Superinteressante. Dissertação (Mestrado em Letras). Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, 2013.
MALINOWSKI, B. A scientific theory of culture and other essays. Chapel Hill, N. Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 1944.
NEVES, M. H. de M. A gramática funcional. São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 1997.
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SCOTT, M. Programa Word Smith 5.0. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
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2015-06-29
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Cabral, S. R. S. (2015). Transitivity and self/representation in a political debate. Papers of Language and Society, 16(1), 9–35. https://doi.org/10.26512/les.v16i1.7525
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