The discourse markers in basic education: a need for systematization in textbooks

Authors

  • Bougleux Bomjardim da Silva Carmo Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC
  • Maria D´Ajuda Alomba Ribeiro Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-8412.2014v11n4p457

Abstract

In this article, we will discuss the need for a systematization of discourse markers in Basic Education. This proposal emerges from the following ongoing research: “The systematization of contrastive connectors when devising textbooks”, which departs from the pragmatic theories by Portolés (1998), Alomba Ribeiro (2005), and others. Markers are linguistic units with a prominent role in the functioning of language use. However, it is known that textbooks do not show the pragmatic function of certain traditional grammatical categories. So, we selected one out of the textbook collections approved by PNLD 2014, namely, the Perspective: Portuguese collection by Discini and Teixeira (2012) to verify these premises. As a result of the description and analysis we present a illustrative source activity with the discourse marker “but” and its uses in written texts.

 

 

Author Biographies

Bougleux Bomjardim da Silva Carmo, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC

Mestrando em Letras, pela Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC, no Mestrado Profissional em Letras.

Maria D´Ajuda Alomba Ribeiro, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC

É Doutora em Linguística Aplicada pela Universidade de Alcalá, Departamento de Filologia (2005). Possui graduação em Letras (1986) e Direito pela Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (1993). Atualmente é Professor Titular da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz

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Published

2014-12-06

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Vol. 11 No. 4 (2014)

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