Discourse and polemic in a political debate

Authors

  • Helena H. Nagamine Brandão Universidade de São Paulo / Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-901X.v0i37p129-143

Keywords:

analysis of discourse, discourse formation, polemic, enunciative modalization.

Abstract

This article reveals aspects of the operation of the two forms of discourse in a polemical relationship: the spoken discourse of the two candidates in the last Brazilian Presidential election campaign (december/1989). The way that each discourse search for its identity and delineates its boundaries in an incessant effort of reciprocal delimitation is analyzed. In this article, the following items are verified: a) the strategies of discourse that each speaker mobilizes to represent himself and his adversary; and b) the strategies of enunciative modalization which characterize the "actancial" behaviour of each polemist.

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Author Biography

  • Helena H. Nagamine Brandão, Universidade de São Paulo / Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas
    Professora de Língua Portuguesa da FFLCH/USP.

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Published

1994-12-31

Issue

No. 37 (1994)

Section

Articles

License

 

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How to Cite

Brandão, H. H. N. (1994). Discourse and polemic in a political debate. Revista Do Instituto De Estudos Brasileiros, 37, 129-143. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-901X.v0i37p129-143