Manipulation of Facts and Opinions. The Presidential Debate between Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and André Ventura (2021)

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2236-4242.v36i2p90-105

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Presidential elections, Speech analysis, Argumentation and Persuasion Strategies, Ethos, Pathos

Abstract

This work aims to propose a linguistic and discursive analysis of the argumentation and persuasion strategies predominant in the debate of January 6, 2021 for the presidential elections in Portugal. The study focuses on the manipulation strategies of the speakers and candidates. We focus on the nature of manipulation objects, as well as on the configurations that this manipulation assumes in the discursive genre in question and its purposes. We examine the appeal to emotions, values and change made by the two candidates. The objects of study are the images (ethos) that political opponents build of themselves and the other in and through discourse, the emotions (pathos) that their words arouse, the main axiological values of the lexemes and expressions used, and the modes of refutation of facts and points of view convened. This study is part of the perspective of discourse analysis, as well as the framework of the study of argumentation, namely argumentation in political discourse.

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Author Biographies

  • Ana Cristina Braz, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. Universidade Aberta

    Doutora em Ciências da Linguagem pela Universidade do Minho (2017).
    Professora Auxiliar Convidada na Universidade Aberta (Portugal).
    Investigadora do Centro de Linguística da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Portugal).

  • Isabelle Simões Marques, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. Universidade Aberta

    Doutora em Linguística pela Universidade NOVA de Lisboa & Université Paris 8 (2012).
    Professora Auxiliar da Universidade Aberta (Portugal).
    Investigadora no Centro de Linguística da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Portugal).
    Colaboradora do Laboratório de Educação a Distância e eLearning da Universidade Aberta (Portugal).
    Colaboradora do Centro de Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas da Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal).

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2023-08-08

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Vol. 36 No. 2 (2023): Studies in Grammar, Text, and Discourse

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BRAZ, Ana Cristina; MARQUES, Isabelle Simões. Manipulation of Facts and Opinions. The Presidential Debate between Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and André Ventura (2021). Linha D’Água, São Paulo, v. 36, n. 2, p. 90–105, 2023. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2236-4242.v36i2p90-105. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/linhadagua/article/view/205110.. Acesso em: 28 apr. 2025.